I didn't know how to react other than curling up behind her, spooning her close to my body. Janet turned her head to kiss me. We both smiled, and I jo...ed with her saying, "Mission Accomplished". Janet laughed and said, "More than you'd ever know". Shortly after she began to get her stuff together. "I need to get back to the room, shower, and get in bed before my husband gets home. You should give him a call. They are all out going out to a bar or something, but we both know bar means strip. "Her words made me see red. Janet and the ex-senator Herndon owed meplenty for what they had done to me, but what they had done to Jameswent beyond the pale. I vowed to myself that they would pay for theircrimes."When do you think he'll wake up?" I asked."I can't be sure. Maybe tomorrow or the next day? His system hastaken a huge shock, and needs time to recover. Even after he regainsconsciousness, he may be too weak to make it out of the bed. Only timewill tell."Seeing that there was. *** It was a cool Sunday morning after I had taken my wife to the airport. I was in the laundry looking for some clothes to put into the washing machine. A hot pink thong in our visitors’ laundry basket caught my attention. I knew definitely it was Lisa’s, since I had never seen it before. At first, nothing registered in my mind. Just then, it hit me. My heart started racing, as I was considering what my mind was telling me to do with this thong. Totally, against my conscience, I picked up. She must had been practicing just what to say for a while, so the name just slipped out. Her eyes opened, faced me again as she smiled, and started again. “Sorry. Michelle”, she corrected, “I want to say that I’ve been an ass, and for that I am truly sorry. When I saw you in the living room, I really didn’t know what was going on. I forced you out, pushed you away, instead of finding out what you were going through. I can clearly see that it was a monumental change for you”, she said,.