Did he really think if one of them died, they would suddenly appear backhome or was it something else. "Who knows, it's not like this hashappened befo...e. Perhaps we are all still sitting around the table rightbut do you really want to chance that?"Isabelle understood that Sayer wasn't looking forward to explaining tohis parents what happened to Brett. More than likely, they would all beblamed for his disappearance."No but..." Eric dropped his head."I think we need to assume that this is real.. She laid them neatly on top of her shoes, then stood up and put them in the locker. Next, not bothering to look around and see if anyone was watching — for she knew full well they were — she removed her bodice and hung it carefully next to her cloak. Reaching back, she quickly and expertly undid her brassiere, which she laid neatly on top of her shoes and stockings. Finally, it was off with her skirt. In keeping with a private tradition that she had enjoyed for some time now, Elizabeth eschewed. Finally, as the sex waned to near non existant between them, Sam feared their marriage was going to be nothing but an empty shell with no intimacies, until the day came, and come it would she felt sure, the empty marriage would collapse.Yet Sam deeply loved the man who so gently and patiently took her virginity so many years ago. Losing him did not seem desireable. Sure some would say she was weak and afraid to lose the wealth of his business, but that, at least at first, was not on her mind. " She painfully said the words as her head dropped down."Oh," Ann sat down beside her and put her hand on hers "listen Thia," she spoke slowly "you chose to leave him again, just like you chose to leave him two years ago without an explanation," she sighed as she saw the look Thia threw her "I'm not judging you Thia, I'm stating the facts. That's what happened, and we can't do anything about what happened two years ago right? But you can still change your mind and go back to Shane you know.".