Then she turned right around and told me she would’ve been happy no matter what I had decided, as long as I was happy with it.“I’m not going to ...ry and tell y’all what Eli means to me and how being a deputy marshal has changed my life. I’m married to his daughter now and I’ll tell you quick that I never knew life could be so good. It all started for me that day over at Little Tree when I woke up to see Eli standing over me, blocking out the sun as he looked down at me grinning.“I know Eli has. He said that Nate’s roommate was going to jail, as were Rick and Naomi. He offered for Nate to spend the night in Mike’s room. Charlene said that he would stay with her and Seth that night. By now Jay and Valerie had shown up. Valerie ran to join Charlene and Sylvia, forming a protective ring around the guy. The girls gathered Nate in a cocoon and started out the door. I asked Carl what the signal meant. “Sylvia has good instincts. Right now this is best dealt with by Nate’s peers. I’ll get. . don't worry. Daddy already knows it," he said withvictorious confidence, running a sweaty hand through my thick and unkeptlong dark brown hair. What happened next happened fast, and to tell thetruth I'm not even exactly sure how it happen. All I can say is in onesolid motion he was out of his seatbelt and on top of me, holding me downwith one hand while the other undid my pants."Whaaaa----"my exclamation was halted when he roughly shoved his sweaty thumb in mymouth, effectively gagging me. He. The house was appraised and we agreed that we would split that 50-50, but only when the house was sold, and then only at what the current appraised value was, less the part of Lynne’s 401(k). Lynne would pay a significant amount as child support, and we would both waive spousal support. Lynne got a three-bedroom condo within bike riding distance of our house, and we made sure that Sean knew how to get back and forth without crossing busy streets. We also made sure that he knew that he was.