.I opened the door and went out into the hallway.I called his name.I was met by silence, the only thing to break it was the ticking of the clock that ...ung on the wall near the front door.Instinct told me I was alone, really alone, I had no idea where he was, but I knew I wouldn't see him again until he was ready to play his game. I went upstairs, saw the door was wide open at the end of the hall and I walked in. It was the master bedroom, a beautiful white room with drapes and a canopy over a. Yes it sounds painful because it was. Still it would be short lived as I parked right outside the door to the courthouse basement. That basement was used by the Sheriff's office.The way over weight receptionist took the donuts and made a big fuss over me. "Sylvia what in the world happened to your hand," she asked."I got stung by a bee," I said."You mean to tell me a bee did that," she said pointing to my hand."Yep, it was a big bee," I said. "Is the man in?" Let me ring him," she said.It took. I settled in quickly and had a few sexual interesting adventures (separate stories), Amanda kept in touch via email and most evenings there was another new email with her begging for forgiveness and telling me how sorry she was and how well she was behaving, I only ever replied with questions regarding the house sale and as I was still meeting my side of the housekeeping expenses questions about unpaid bills etc, as I still had access to her emails I used to occasionally read them to see what. "Well, I don't know. I get a lot of help when I need it ... from my brothers, you know?" I really hoped she'd take the hint and start asking me about my brothers.But instead she just seemed to turn a little more and get even closer. She smelled like strawberry baby powder, and I imagined I could even feel her warm breath on my ear. Sandy looked pretty cute, I'd give her that, and I knew my brothers would go for her. Well, most of them, I thought, remembering Scott with a secret smile.Sandy was.