My dad served her an eviction notice the Monday after I moved out. She got some of her excitement when she saw that he meant it.The house I was stayin... in is my Grandfather’s, and my dad is the conservator of his holdings as he is in a rest home suffering from dementia. I have been here since the Sunday after she confronted me. I was almost fine until yesterday. It would have been our anniversary. It was also my oldest child’s birthday.That day my kids Jack 13, and Sarah 11, both called me at. It was one night."We were lying in bed. She had buried her nose in a new paperback for the past hour. I was watching an unsettling late-night movie showing the misadventures of a well-meaning schmuck caught up in a disturbing night-long chain of events in a dream-like SoHo. Twenty-four hours had passed, almost to the hour."I wish I was as sure as you seem to be. Watching the two of you last night - I don't know - I don't know if I can get over it."Her expression grew more serious as she. I wanted to suprise you so I asked you not to come into the kitchen until I was ready to serve the evening meal. In between times I lit the open fire in the lounge room and soon had it crackling with some large dry logs.Several hours went by and just before I was ready to serve the meal I decided to have a shower and suggested that you do the same. We must have been fine-tuned to each other because we both came out of the showers with just our gowns on and nothing underneath. You are wearing. .. someone ... I can have as a friend for the next while. It doesn't have to include sex, but that would be a bonus. I thought that's what I had with Diane. We both knew what it was about and were happy with it." How's Belle?" he asked, changing the subject.I had told Dave about Belle and my decision to allow her to mature before getting involved with her. He seemed to think it was the sensible thing to do."I haven't seen her in months. She's working at the Royal Bank in the shopping center..