” Good advice, I kept quiet.“Maybe she could see the writing on the wall, maybe even before I did. And being the sweetheart that she is, I think s...e’s giving me a way out.”Mel finished her drink and looked at me.“But then, you were acting all strange tonight. I thought that maybe you were going to dump me tonight. That’s why you brought me to this nice restaurant.”“Sweetheart, my love… Nothing could be further from the truth. All I want is to pull you in closer, babe. Swear-to-God. Last week,. Amya and I slept in our room, Akira took the guest bedroom. Yoshi and Hana stayed at a nearby hotel. I offered to put a bed in the study so they could be here but they declined.“It’s better if we tried to get your lives back to normal” Yoshi told me. And life returned slowly back to normal. Amya met with a lawyer to discuss her divorce, I got back to work in the shop and Akira was settling in nicely. Amya and I hadn’t had sex again but it was all good. It gave me time to heal and her time to. But most of them had been for only a night or two.What was the point?A Year and a Half Ago: It’s About the JourneyI remember the first night I moved into my trailer. Maddie came out of the house in her pajamas and robe with fluffy slippers and knocked on the door. It was easy. For a few days, until I got the trailer stocked and everything moved into it, it was parked in the carport. She brought hot cocoa packets and a carton of milk. The first thing I’d moved into the trailer was my coffee. She thought it would be easier for her to park. We had a test drive in each and we were told we could pick up both cars in three days time as they would be given a final check, and in the case of the second hand, one a service before being made available to us.Sylvia met with Jake a few days after the dance and she proceeded to go through the math lesson with him before setting him further work to do at home. When they had finished Jake leaned back and said,"Did you enjoy the dance last week?".