Belinda didn't care much for his bragging but she was impressed with his designer clothes and $5,000 gold watch that he flashed in everyone's eyes whe...ever he had a chance. His name was Igor Valentine and he insisted it was his real name and not something he had picked from some romance magazine.She had never cheated on her husband Jimmy except for her justifiable dalliance with his best man Harold but she did have some dreadful fantasies of Igor spanking her bare behind with the arm that wore. She has grown up in the four years since we first met. Then she was a skinny twelve year old with braces, now a beautiful young adult. Four years ago I was homeless, sleeping on park benches and begging for handouts. Unless you have been homeless yourself you have no idea how demoralizing it is. Dirty and hungry all the time, people either ignore you or are openly hostile. You become a non-entity, at the time when you are most in need of a friend you are the most alone. She was one of the few. They were too young and dumb to realize they had just taken her from the most loving relationship she would ever find, to doom her to a life of abusive relationships and a husband that didn’t know how to be faithful.I have been in this timeline for less than a month, and I have already been through many extremely emotional circumstances. I am getting sick of it.Grace and I go over to Julia’s place. It’s hard to see her. It’s before she gets pregnant with her rape baby. That is two years from. They were smart to take cover, the tension in the room was mounting and would soon boil over. Rene was beginning to shake, unable to stand the anxiety that was sizzling in the air. She attempted to eat the meat and bread before her, but every bite felt burdened in the deafening stillness. Her father finished his meal, again placing his tray on the ground. He leisurely placed his hands on the table and interlaced his fingers. His dark eyes were scrutinizing his daughter as she tried to retain.