Having demonstrated her power over me she was now rather luxuriating in it.“But what about me?” I asked, plaintively, hoping my obvious distress w...uld soften her heart.No dice. My wife laughed at me again, a mocking supercilious laugh.With a jolt, I realized that she was relishing the situation. It was like I no longer knew this woman and it dawned on me that I could be in a heap of trouble.Just how much trouble became clear when she resumed speaking.“Were you not listening? I don’t give a shit. .take notes? And I'm guessing you've read through allthese? What am I looking for?" Of course you can, Princess. We've looked through them, yes. You arelooking for the sort of things that show our daughter's personality, thethings she likes, the names of her friends, that sort of thing. We willquestion you on it later and you had better get it at least 80% right orthe consequences will be shocking. I'll watch you as you work to keep youfrom running away or trying to call the police. The. ”“Spencer.”“What?” he asked standing by her bed?“Could you stay for just a little while?”“Sure” he said tucking her in and then going to the other side of her bed and lying down. An hour later Spencer woke up to find Annie lying tightly against him with her head on his shoulder. He smiled, gently kissed the top of her head and went back to sleep. Spencer was an early riser, so he was surprised and concerned when he woke up and Annie was gone. When he went around the corner to use the bathroom. I had a whole speech or three prepared for handling that. Two of them included starting out with things that were outright lies just to draw him into the conversations. But Jared, with his refusing to refuse to speak, yet not actually speaking, avoided them all.He was so different from everyone I'd ever met. He was smart. He was sexy and he danced to the beat of a drummer that seemingly only he could hear. At the same time, if he liked you, he had no problems drawing you into his world and.