Alyssa was 15 years old, a ready-to-be, freshly-minted sophomore at RMHS.Garrett was 31 years old; Sophie was 30. They’d stood at the alter not a mo...th prior to Sophie’s due date. To everyone’s amazement (and the chagrin of some), the newlyweds made it a full year before separating the 1st time. They’d separated twice more, in 2006 and 2008, but had settled down with age and experience into a stable nuclear family unit. Sophie was 6 months pregnant with their 2nd daughter, Bailey. Alyssa didn’t. Thinking back, she realized that shed been a naive country girl from Greenville when she went off to nursing school at UNC. She met her future husband there and he quickly introduced her to the joys of sex…wild, raging, uncontrolled sex. Greg had quickly broken down all of the barriers that she had developed growing up in a quiet, conservative family. Just about everything possible had been experienced during those college days . Shed even been shared by several of his fraternity brothers after. "I laughed. "I generally feel that way about McDonald's myself, Lita. We can talk about what to eat when we get hungry again." What do you eat at home?" Oh, that varies. I eat simply. Cooking for one is a pain. Sometimes my sister and I will cook and eat together. Sometimes I have friends over. Sometimes I go out to eat." But you always have food." And you didn't." There were days I was hungry coming here." I'm sorry." Do not be sorry. I am here. It is better than staying in Guatemala."I paid. Later her mother called me, a call I wish I had recorded as she slandered me in almost every sentence. The gist of her message was that I had been a useless husband in every respect who didn't know how to take care of a wife and I was jealous of Roger who made Jane very happy. She got so carried away that she inadvertently let slip that Roger had been taking care of Jane even before we split, something I had worked out after Sarah's comments. According to her I was so envious of them I was.