”“I’m really sorry.”“Enough of that. What are your plans for after high school?”“Benny and Tim have brought me into their company as a g...neral office manager and bookkeeper. I’m finding the work far more fascinating than I had anticipated. I’m hoping after I graduate to get into a business program at Central State University.”“That is ambitious of you.”“If you don’t aim for the stars...”“You’ll never reach the stars,” he said.“One of the things I’ve learned from Tim and Benny is to go for the. The tone in her voice was sincere and with genuine disbelief that I has asked the question. ‘Oh, right,’ I recovered, ‘I’m sorry, I’m just distracted. I’ll call Nick and tell him when we plan to meet him for dinner and I’ll see you soon.’ We said goodbyes and hung up. I stood in the kitchen in shock. Brett…Brett…Brett… I racked my brain trying to remember. Had she really been with him that long? The truth is she always talks about her boyfriend but she always has a boyfriend and I quit paying. Only my wedding ring vexed him.Hubby’s betrayal was the arduous concealment. Unlike Edward, he couldn’t know there was another. Perpetually, even when with Edward, I fretted some detail of concealment was overlooked that would lead to exposure. While our time together was truncated by our varied work shifts, time together remained extensive due to family. When with hubby, only family was allowed into my mind and Edward was blocked as if a nonentity. Edward leaped into life only when we were. At first, their father declared he was coming with us and the girls seemed delighted especially Veronica and Rose the two oldest girls. They were a lot closer to their father than the other girls but I guess that was just normal in a family that large.At the last minute, Mister O'Brian cancelled because he had an important meeting at work that he had no intention of missing. I could understand that because in the garbage hauling business you had to stay on your toes or someone else would be.