A hulking, shadowy figure was walking straight toward her. The sureness of his step told her that he was intent upon his purpose.She dove into the tal... grass, using it as camouflage as she tried to make good her escape. Keeping low, she scurried along the ground, attempting to keep distance between herself and the Shadow Man.Her ruse apparently didn't work. She could hear him getting closer, each crunch of the grass behind her telling her that he would soon reach her. What did he want?Finally,. How effortlessly he could envision her in a wedding gown, her hair pinned up elegantly, her blue eyes sparkling with joy. He would buy her a house somewhere, wherever she wanted, a beautiful home they’d share. Children would naturally follow. They would be beautiful and intelligent like their mother. They would excel in a number of instruments and fill the house with music. How he yearned to be just a few years older so that day could be tomorrow. Tomorrow! That was when he would make his. I made myself comfortable and in minutes I was asleep.I'm not sure what it was that woke me up, but all of a sudden I was awake and staring up at the ceiling. For some reason I felt a sense of unease and after several moments I got up and headed down the hall to check on Amber. I heard it before I saw anything. The "smack, smack" of flesh hitting flesh is unmistakable and when I reached the bedroom door and looked in I saw Claude fucking my wife. In only took a second for me to take in the. I'd thought he was different from most of the other guys I'd dealt with, and was devastated to find myself so horribly mistaken. I blamed myself for putting myself in this situation. Tears welled up in my eyes. I wanted to go home, and by now I didn't care whether or not they saw me. I was getting up from the bar stool when I heard John say to Steve, "Have you seen that fat ass at the party yet?" That's when I turned around and tapped him on the shoulder. Glaring into his eyes I said, "THE FAT.