‘Leigh…I don’t think my heart could take another scare like that.’ Leigh responded by clutching tightly to him. Damien exhaled deeply. ‘See...ng that gun on you…God Leigh, itnearly stopped my heart.’ She nodded only. After a quiet moment, she murmured. ‘Will you stay with me today?’ She buried her face in his chest. Leigh breathed in deeply, trying to inhale his comforting scent, her fingers digging tightly into his flesh. She craved his reassuring touch. How could he deny her? How could he deny. But looking up at me and seeing a beaming smile, most were exceedingly polite and pleasant…The skiing was very challenging with the very steep slopes, Alexis and Katrina clearly way outclassed me and later I learned both considered going pro at one time. Even skiing with her parents I found very challenging. In the late evenings we went to the large solarium that the family castle had that contained a very large custom swim spa with a conjoined hot tub to soothe sore muscles and relax. Her. And you went on lying and lying and lying. Our whole marriage was based on lies and cheating and collusion."That outburst from Molly did stop him for a moment. He picked up a can of drink and stood up. He paced up and down in silence for a while, the silence only broken by the 'phhht' of him opening the can.But then he turned back to Molly, and sat down again, this time with his back to me, "I know I did. I really am sorry about that. In some ways I'm ashamed of what I did. But it brought me. ’ Smiling at the memory of the call, ‘You should have heard him when he rang back straight away. Called me a cow, and a bitch, and then I told him if he didn’t stop shouting at me I would put the phone down and wouldn’t pick it up again to talk with him.’ Laughing she told Misha, ‘He told me I was a stupid cow, and he would come over and get Jace at seven. I told him I wouldn’t be here. A bit of a lie. But he said where would I be, and I told him with you, and that we would be over at eight.