" Her voice got hard. "He was cheating on me, drinking a lot and doing all kinds of drugs. I called the police on him one night when he was getting cr...zy. They got here in time to see him throw me into the wall and get ready to rape me."I stroked her hair softly, not knowing what to say."The cops broke in the door and beat the crap out of him. He just wouldn't stay down." She shivered for a moment. "In the end, he went away for a while. Jon and Christine helped me buy out the mortgage on this. I noddedunderstandingly."Well, hun, we all have moments where we don't know why we do things.It has been happening since the dawn of time." I said in a chippertone."Yeah, I guess I didn't feel like myself there." My mom said as shebrushed her hair back behind her ears."You know, right now, when you were telling me that, I didn't feel likemyself either." I said with a smirk to my mom, who just giggled at mein response."Stop it!" She said playfully while shoving me gently.I giggled back and. I mean, really did it!" "Help me Clare," Rose sobbed, but Clare hushed her. She got up out of the shoulder and they both hugged each other, tightly until they were both crying with all their hearts. It was hard for them to let go, but they did and sat down next to each other on the sofa. "Come on, Rose. Let's go take a drive," Clare suggested. Rose agreed, and so they sneaked out of the house, into Clare's car. They started talking when they'd left the house out of sight." "Rose. I'm. I am going to take you to dinner and what ever you want is yours. You have made me a lot of money this week. I do not know why I did not hire you sooner. I would probably own American Airlines by now." I said joking."Lets go!" she replied laughing. We took a limousine to the restaurant."This is my first time in a limousine." She stated."At the pace you are going it won't be your last either. Besides, one of these millionaires you have met or will meet will probably ask you to marry him before.