" He pointed. "The Chinese characters are inlaid gold wire." Ivory and gold." Tears began flooding down her cheeks. "They're beautiful, Hollie. Thank ...ou." She picked them from the case, held them the way Hollis had shown her and practiced using them. "Can I use them?" You can use them or keep them on display. Whatever you want."Annie replaced the sticks in the box and hopped off the stool."How about a birthday hug?" Hollis asked. He opened his arms and Annie fell into them. "Happy sweet. So if it wasn’t that, then what?“I don’t know why I asked that, sorry. You said you did something wrong, so I just threw that out there.”“I’ve never cheated on anyone. You know that.”“No, I know. It’s just...”“What?”“This is going to sound really stupid now, and I believe you, really, but I need you to know why I just asked that.”“Okay.”“I was just wondering if it was really Pete with you that one night in the cabin.”Lara turned back and looked at me, a frown on her face. “Wait, you mean that. I could tell from her tone this was the last thing she wanted to say directly, nobody wants to admit anything but she knew me well enough that once I went out that door then we would never speak again.I stopped at the door to think for a second. I wasn't going to allow myself to soften because inside I could not allow myself to get close to her again, at least emotionally.I put my hand on the door knob,"DAVID, I'M SORRY", she said as she got up and walked to me. I turned and she put her arms. Please stay and talk this all over with her. She needs you so much Ben.’ ‘Fuck you whore. You both can go to hell. You led my wife, the woman of my life into this trashy lifestyle and then try to get me involved like this is normal. Now you are trying to tell me that she loves only me? BULLSHIT.’ ‘You call us whores? How about that whore you have been sleeping with all week? Isn’t Candy a whore too Ben?’ ‘No shit June. Yeah, Candy is a whore too. An honest whore first of all. That doesn’t.