Ma had endured twenty years of his cheating when she finally decided to divorce him. I remember when she told me the reason why she named me Karla. �...�Your father wanted me to name you Karla because he thought the name was beautiful, that the name was the symbol of beauty and femininity. And so, I named you Karla. But a year after you were born, and after some persuasion on my part, he finally admitted that he had a mistress named Karla. He was having an affair with her while I was pregnant with. "So?" she murmured."And I saw you take his hand." You're an observant little minx, aren't you?"Annette grinned. "And all that talk about smug conmen. I haven't heard you being funny like that since Daddy left." She looked down at her feet again."Do you miss him?" No way!"There was silence until they got home. As Deborah shut the door behind them, Annette asked, "Do you miss him, Mum?" No!" said Deborah firmly. "Not one bit but I do miss having another grown-up to share my problems with and. " Would you guys assist your sleeping friends with their morning routine? Dorothy and Maria went to assist Jim's group and it doesn't look like they will be back in time." Donna, is anything wrong?" asked Sarah."Only in that when Erica reached Sylvia's farm, she immediately summoned assistance. Jim went with 2 drones and 4 androids. Later Amy sent a shuttle from here with Dorothy and Maria. So I don't know if 'wrong' is the correct word." Please let us know if there is anything else we can do. He didn't know what he wanted to do." So you weren't going to marry him or anything," Sadie said, keeping up with me."Yeah, exactly. We liked each other a lot, but it wasn't like we were crazy in love." I smiled at the thought."After I left for college we lost touch, really. I was studying my butt off and neither of us were much for phones or letters, so..." I shrugged. "Anyway, I was going to Hopkins and racking up a hundred grand in student loans every year, you know..." Oh yeah." Sadie made.