“I just ... This is ... It’s all so overwhelming. Our children, Clint. Are we going to get to see them?”“Coburn will make sure they’ll get t... stay with our friends,” I said. “He knows how important that is.”“So Leyla informed me,” Elisabet said, sitting across from me. “She and her mother gave him quite the reminder last night. They filmed it. it’s quite a ... stimulating video to watch. The judge’s daughter is a passionate and submissive one.”“Good,” I said, stroking Alicia’s light brown hair.. "Is there a problem?" I asked.Still we stared at each other and I felt nerves overtaking me. The problem was she didn't look like this was bothering her in the slightest, and I knew I needed to say something even if to do so was a defeat of sorts. "I need an assistant I can depend upon," I said, pitching my voice as serious, but also with a hint that if Casey didn't shape up, that she was out.If anything, her smile grew, but only for a brief moment. Then, still wearing that slight smirk, she. " Jeez Janet what else did you say?" I asked, a light tone of panic in my voice.The reason for my concern is that I'm a closet bisexual. When Janet lost interest in sex after our kids were born, I had done a bit of experimenting with her permission. Sex with men had always been a desire of mine and after a couple of liaisons with strangers I was hooked. She wasn't that happy. She thought once I had got it out of my system that was going to be it. But it had become just about my only sexual. There was nothing left here that I desired to remember or feel sentimental about.Before leaving the ranch for the last and final time, I had to resist the urge to burn the place down to the ground. The bad ghosts were all inside me, not the house, I told myself. Let someone else build some happy memories living here instead. I found a realtor and signed all of the paperwork to place the ranch up for sale at a 'can't miss' bargain price. The economy was poor in the area but someone would be sure.