”“I’m stunned, too. She been the person closest to me for twenty years, and we’ve been married for five of those years. How could I not know t...at she had this side to her?”“I wonder sometimes if we ever really know other people. I’m curious—did the two of you date other people as teenagers?”“No. Neither of us ever even thought of having a relationship with someone else. At least, I didn’t. I didn’t think she did either until today. Shit!”Jake couldn’t hold back a few tears as they trickled down. "We sat down to eat. I had become accustomed to the small portions that Iwas allowed to eat. I didn't want to ruin the figure of the body that Itemporally had possession of. Carol and Barbara discussed the differenthair styles that Marie might decide on for me.After breakfast, Carol stayed in the kitchen to clean up while Barbarawent upstairs to take a shower so that she could go to the saloon withme. I sat at the vanity table and applied my make up. I had tocongratulate myself, I had really. Maybe the driveway's further down the road, he thought, as he made his way back to where the car rested against the shoulder of the slide, and picked his way gingerly through the debris, only to find that the slide went all the way to cliff edge. At the point where it fell off the precipice, the slide was loose and unstable, making it impossible to negotiate in the darkness without risking a plunge into the blackness below.Colin scratched his head under the hood of his windbreaker and looked up. The older male siblings were now in their early 20s and without well paying jobs, they showed every reluctance to accept the responsibilities that came with total independence. Back on the main floor, a dingy passageway led past the foot of the stairs directly into the kitchen area with its dilapidated farmhouse-style cupboards, fridge and stove, washer and dryer and a handful of other decades-old small appliances, one or two of which occasionally still worked. Off to the right, a.