For a moment, Steve had no idea what she was talking about. Then it came to him. It had been six years and more."The stoplight?" Mr. Houston asked.He'... been following everything Barbara said. Much of what she said was typical of wives who strayed from their marriages. Most of them talked about being confused, a feeling of isolation, and a lack of any consideration about consequences. Few of them understood how they could have fallen into the behavioral patterns they had. Barbara had made it a. “Well,” I say, “I think that’s that clip done. Your turn to pick one, Pet.”“I-I- don’t know,” she says.“What don’t you know, Pet? If you want to play anymore?”She leans forward and takes a mouthful of Baileys. This seems to steel her. “No,” she says, “I do want to play. It’s just…”“Just…?”“I’m all flustered. Sorry.”“That’s all right,” I say. “Take your time.”“It’s just… I’m not sure how to choose.”I’m about to explain again, when Cuck says impatiently. “Oh for goodness sake, just pick the first. I’ll never get sick of looking. And touching. And kissing. And –’ ‘Ahem,’ Vholes said from the kitchen doorway. ‘Tea is served, children.’ He handed us each a cup and went back for his own, then returned to his chair. He sat and lifted his cup towards us. ‘To peace and quiet, then.’ We raised our cups and I said, ‘To our most excellent attorney.’ We all drank. ‘Ah. Most delicious. Fortunately I thought to bring along some honey this time. It truly enhances the experience, does it not?’ We made. She doesn’t even consciously know that; but it’s a part of her problem. Then she met and fell madly in love with you, and I say madly because I know she loves you beyond all reasonable understanding, and that’s another part of her problem.”“Why,” he asked.“Think about it Mr. McGowan; you’re the only child of a single mom and some absent from birth father. Your mom has a limited education and limited intellectual scope. When you two first met you were a mediocre student at a mediocre state.