Or thought she did. It was in his psyche to defend a woman.“Oh,” she said. She looked down at the folder. There was only one name on the page. “...ooks like it’s just you and me.”“Is that okay?” he asked.“What do you mean?” she replied.“I understand if you don’t feel safe around me,” he said.She stared at him.“Feel safe around you? Of course I feel safe around you. I probably feel safer around you than any other person in the whole world!”“Really?” She couldn’t miss the relief in his voice.“You. There won't be that many of them. As for food, they can eat what we eat. We may need to make a trip to one of the large grocery stores for extra food though. What we will definitely need is to get some O'Connell's Irish Ale from the brewers in the Otherworld. You know how those Irishmen on the council like to drink," Dad finished."Just where is this meeting going to be taking place here?" Mother Katie demanded."Why in the Glen of the Eternal Flame, Sweet Wife," Dad replied with a smile. "I. . illicit affair with Merrie when she met Bryon? Had your relationship with her changed?”She nodded. “It had changed, but I sort of made myself believe it hadn’t. Does that make sense? I loved her more than I’ve ever loved anyone else on earth. I still do. But ... after five or six months, I knew ... deep down ... that she wanted more. She wanted a man. I think that she only kept our ... um ... affair going because she loved me so much; because she knew that I needed her so much. She’d make me. Jess went looking for a job and got one the first place she interviewed at an insurance agency. She was young, had the education and the looks so it wasn't a big surprise.Things were looking pretty good for us as we both had good jobs and were able to buy most things that we wanted. About a year after our wedding was when I received the promotion. It meant even more money. The only problem was I had to work the afternoon shift and Jess worked in the office during the day.I would see her first.