Susan knew that, just as he had found her deepest, most feminine core, she had made him feel infinitely more masculine and powerful—and she was grat...ful, in so many ways. Had been grateful.Had been so damn happy.Before the god… damn… ironies came to stay…Susan raised her head from her arms and slowly opened her eyes. Closed them and opened them again. No difference. Night , she thought. How long’ve I been here? Dunno. Don’t care. Countin’ th’ ironies--like sheep…help me sleep.She put her head. "He will be given a chance, again, sometime in the future. If he is very clever, he can gain his freedom by stealing the power of someone around him. It will be interesting to see what he does, and how long he takes doing this," Sheblia told me in an amused tone of voice.I was stunned and disgusted. Talk about a place to learn the art of backstabbing! If what she said was true, this was a peculiar place indeed. They encouraged their people to climb over one another. What a way to run a world.. The students walk the hallways inpeace unafraid of being bullied in any way. Everyone is embraced in thediverse family of students who attend. No one cares about if someone isgay or straight, smart or special, young or old, black or white or anycombination. Sometimes between classes you can see students sucking ontheir pacifiers but no one pays any mind. Some students enjoy a warmbottle of formula at lunch. Cuss words are never uttered except for therare "I'm such a poopie-head" or alike. He never mentions any women except as friends.I believe he was still in love with Sarah and probably would have considered taking her back if the baby was his. His ex in-laws still love him. In fact his ex father in law and one of Sarah's uncles are on the same bowling team as Mark. It really is an odd situation. They wanted to keep in touch with us but it is just too much for us. We cannot accept the fact that their daughter ruined so many lives. We do send a Christmas card each year but.