In fact, they intensified. He always had time to play or to be watching sports and always had time to spend long hours back in the garage with the guy... restoring the car. They even had cable wired down to the garage so they could watch the games. Phil would come home from work , change cloths and then head for the garage. In a few short years of marriage Wendy had turned into a loner. She had resumed classes for her planned nursing degree and let her spare time be consumed in those studies. . Understand???Yes.? ?You’ll tell me whatever I ask. You’ll tell me about your life, your feelings, anything at all, understand???Yes.??And you’ll feel completely comfortable telling me these things, because I’m your friend and you can trust me completely, understand???Yes.??And because I’m your friend you will be happy to accept any suggestion or instruction I may give to you. Isn’t that right, Emily???Yes.?I let her brain absorb the new information, and spent a few minutes making sure she was. "Oh well! We'll cross that bridge nearer the time."He picked Daphne up as arranged and told her what Mr Renfrew had said before they moved off. As he had anticipated that brought floods of tears but at least he could put a comforting arm round her. She had to go back into the shop to wash her face. That took time because everyone wanted to hear the news."Bloody ghouls!" thought Ron. "They don't even know Reg. Still it'll mean something to Daphne."Reg was half sitting up in bed with a tent over. You cut back on your spending, so things were a little dry for a while and Jennie, your girlfriend, started to whine. When you got fired, hr cold shoulder turned into a gust of wind as she sped out the door, tossing you a bleached-white smile as she dove headfirst back into the local lesbian scene. Which, honestly, you should have done too.But you'd had it with that city, and maybe it was just your shiftless roots, but you felt that it was time for a change. You shopped around for other jobs.