.. and they knew it was coming.For the next thirty-five years, Gustafson's changed hands faster than a tax dollar. Every new owner added stock, sold l...ke crazy for five months and left.The Quality Department Store became the Mercantile, the General Store, Annie's Attic and that eyesore.When the disastrous fire burned the wood buildings between Gustafson's and The Antler, the Volunteer Fire Department protected the best place in town to get an after work drink and hoped the eyesore would burn to. I was not prepared for anger, tears, screaming, then silence. My youngest a preschooler, did not get it right away. Which means I'll have to have some version of this conversation again and again.I do not know how my husband did it, but he did not bad-mouth me to the kids. I hope he never does. I know what I did to my ex in the marriage but I want my kids to love me. I just pray he will not make snide remarks about I did, it just won't help them. It will cause confusion, pain and more heartache. At first he didn?t see the note but when he turned to find his trousers he saw it, sitting proud on his pillow with just his name written on the folded paper. He opened it not knowing what to expect but as he read his eyes lit up and he immediately began to feel excited. He reread the letter several times before acting on the first of its instructions, ?to put on his chastity cage?. He did this as quickly as he could as he knew that if he allowed himself to think too much about what might lie. "He started to leave; she pulled on his arm and whispered urgently into his ear."Oh, yes. I'd forgotten. The lady asks that you administer the first cure... um... anally. She understands that the second might well take longer, and would prefer that this part of the cure be over with as quickly as possible."He left, closing the door behind him. My mystery client laid face-down on the bed."Please get up again, miss," I said. "While your friend was giving orders, he didn't let me do any talking..