“I could still just buy you, set you free.”Now it’s Akin that’s shaking his head. “Your father was right. I’d have to watch you marry some...other guy and …”“… you can’t do that.” Lin finishes his sentence.Again, there’s this sadness in his eyes. She has seen it before. Deep inside Lin is fully aware of the fact that there is nothing she can say to change his mind but she still tries.“Just say that you’re hurt and can’t fight anymore. It’s an unnecessary risk,” she says."Lin, I'm going to fight. They don't like people like me." Dr. Mentia said they're not going to see anything wrong with you,"Lela reminded her husband."That doesn't make it true." After all this, you're going to doubt her," Lela responded,incredulous about his doubts."I guess not," Karl responded."Good, grab your pocketbook and let's go."'My pocketbook,' Karl thought and mouthed while he took hold of it andswung it onto his shoulder.'Holy fuck,' Karl thought while he followed his wife out of the cabinand to their car,. She tapped the wharf with her hand, signaling me to sit next to her. I put the blanket down and sat. ‘What’s up?’ I asked her. ‘It’s Kyle. He fuckin’ cheated on me.’ I looked down. I felt even worse. I had known about this for almost 2 months but hadn’t ever said anything. I was caught between two of my best friend’s at the time but had promised Kyle I wouldn’t say anything. ‘I’m really sorry. I never would’ve thought-‘ ‘No, me neither,’ she said, crying, ‘I was surprised when he broke up with. I was remembering all this as I drove away from our home of the previous four years--one year of living together followed by three years of supposedly happy marriage--after only about a half hour following the arrival of the two detectives. Now, I was headed to my already-arranged hotel room for a week's stay.Regardless of how things turned out when all this was over, I needed to be away from the house right now in order to keep alive the subterfuge. I also had to prepare myself psychologically.