Apparently my hesitation allowed Hailey the chance to speak first:"There's just one thing, Uncle James, before anything happens. I don't want anyone ...lse to know about this, so will you promise not to tell anyone about whatever might go on between us?"Wow, her words caused my head to spin. She had obviously thought this through pretty thoroughly, which excited me to no end."Of course I promise, Hailey, but what about you? You won't even tell Rachel or your girlfriends?" I countered."I won't. "He pulled the briefcase up to the table and he opened it. He pulled out a manila folder full of legal papers."These are divorce papers. There's the actual request for a divorce, a child care agreement until the kids are 18 and an alimony agreement until you marry again. The title for your car is included as well as a quitclaim deed for the house, and a check to pay off the house and pay the taxes and insurance for the next two years. You get half the bank accounts plus the money for the house.. " I never knew your Marilyn, but let me tell you this. If I died, I would want Jim to find another woman to love, and find her fast. If I knew there was a woman we both loved left pining while he mourned, I would be so angry I would come down and haunt him mercilessly."Gerald eyes grew wide. "You mean that, don't you?" We women do not joke about affairs of the heart. Right now that lovely woman is in agony. She is good at hiding it from many years' practice. But the emotions of the day have.
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