. empty.I push the doorbell and almost immediately hear loud thuds as Cat's feet slam against the stairs. She hurls the door open, red hair flying lik... a cape over her shoulders. She blinks, mouse-like brown eyes wide as she studies me. There had been a smile to her features, though it soon fell away, replaced with a tight frown. Her arms cross tightly over her chest, chin thrusting dramatically away from me.I roll my eyes. The girl was great when she was acting, but in real life, she was so. ” How were they going to top this morning? Not easy, for sure. But it’d be fun to try.“Mom?” Sam walked into the kitchen, but she wasn’t there. He wandered through the main level. No one. He went upstairs. “Mom, you up here?” Nothing. He slowly descended back to the main level and called down at the basement door. “Mooooooommmmm?” She wouldn’t be in the basement anyway.Sam walked through the kitchen and opened the door to the garage. No cars. His mom was out. He closed the door and looked. Marsha and I had been married for twenty-two years. The kids were both gone. We were comfortable and well off. I was a marketing manager for a small company that made industrial sump pumps. Marsha did not work and never had. We had no problems either financially or personally. And then I screwed it up by getting curious.I took Marsha’s Kia to get an oil change. I happened to notice that she had two house keys on her key ring. I know that is not that unusual, but since I only had one key I. “Do you want to talk about it?” She said.There was a lengthy silence before David responded. “I’m sorry,” he whispered, “l really hurt you didn’t l.”“That’s not important sweetheart,” she replied, “it was my own fault for egging you on, l got what l deserved.”“No Mum,” he turned towards her, “sons and mothers should not be doing what we’re doing, l shouldn’t be doing it with Laura…it’s wrong Mum…l deserve to be punished, and now l’ve lost the woman l love, all because of what we’re doing.”“What.