All of a sudden she broke the kiss and pulled her bathing suit back on, ‘I’m sorry John, I just can’t do this!’ She climbed out of the tub bef...re I could stop her and grabbing her towel, she ran into the house. I got out naked and wrapped a towel around my waist and went into the house. I caught her just as she was going into the bathroom to change. She stopped and turned towards me, ‘I really wanted to go through with this John, especially after how my husband has been neglecting me and with. ‘Yeah, Mom, I’m coming.’ She paused to look across the counter at her mother’s active but seated form. Suzanne had never known that someone could pace in a wheelchair. Hadn’t known it, that was, until her mother ended up in one and took to wheeling it mercilessly back and forth through the living room and kitchen, pacing an endless circle that scuffed the floors and made the chair squeak in protest at the constant tight turns. She gave a small, quiet sigh. ‘You know I wouldn’t miss your. Monday to Paris, and with any luck, back in the U.S.A. on Tuesday, way ahead of schedule. I would have to take my chances on accommodations along the way until I could get on the internet and make some reservations. Perhaps tonight in Florence, I thought. I arrived in mid-afternoon after pushing hard without any more than a gas, pee, and sandwich break at an Agip rest stop. A quick look through the city and I found a Westin hotel that I was fairly confident would have what I needed. I was. It turned out that this man was an abuser. He kicked my ex-wife down the stairs, breaking her leg and arm. The man was arrested, and Melinda was hospitalized. Ron visited his mother and he telephoned me. He told me Melinda cried all day, because her daughter did not visit her. I told Laya what Ron had told me. Laya was angry. She visited Emily and told her that she had to go to see her Mother. Confronted with her behavior and her duty to her mother, Emily broke down and cried. Laya held her and.