We went out the back door and down a tree-shaded path about twenty feet to an adorable little stuccoed cottage. Jake opened the door and we stepped in..."Oh, my!" I looked around. "This is really nice!" Yeah. I think they built it for their fancy friends, but Gerry makes an exception for me. Come on, I'll show you the rest of the place." But I just stood there gawking at the antique furniture and the modern sculptures tastefully stuck here and there."You're not a fancy friend?" As long as you can. She rested her head against his arm and pressed the play button with her free hand – her right arm was trapped between them.‘Mom, we need to talk. It’s kinda serious.’‘Ok, son, what’s it about?’ she asked, her eyes on the screen, watching the warning about illegal copies of movies.‘It started just after Claire was born and you came back from the hospital.’Wendy paused the DVD. ‘What about it? I’m curious.’‘It was a few weeks after my fourteen birthday, so, at the time, I was too young to. I am not sure our marriage will survive that."I saw her suck in her breath and her eyes go wide. I had hit her hard with that. I had sown the seeds of uncertainty in her mind as well. Uncertainty about her future with me."I have had some time to think about what I will do, now that you have created this situation. You profess to love me and until this past Monday, I had every reason to believe you. Now ... I'm not so sure."Again she rose in her chair as if to say something ... to contest my. "When did you buy that?" he asked, studying the design of the small MP3 player."A few weeks ago," I answered, setting the purse aside and connecting the headphones to the MP3 player. "I figured this would come in handy for this trip." Oh? But you hadn't been listening to it at all today." That's because this isn't really for me," I responded with a smile. "This is for you." It is?" It is."I moved toward the bed and handed him the headphones. As I sat on the edge of the bed, my husband placed.