Despite all the sex, I was turned on. Maybe it was my hormonal condition. I recall I stayed horny throughout each of my three pregnancies. Maybe it wa... left over from the sexual afternoon and evening. Maybe it was a result of the conversation we had just had.I turned on my side to look at my husband in the dark. I saw Gina had done the same thing. I could not see her face, it was hidden by Chuck’s head. I could see her shoulder and arm. I reached over and put my hand on Chuck’s chest and played. ”“What if the lies run out?”“Then make more lies. It’s that simple.”“C’mon Sam, can’t you just...”Mr. Travis emerges from the wooded path and sees me on the porch, but not Mico who’s hidden in the shadows. I’m still smoking and I try to hide the cig from him.“Sam, give me that. Don’t try to hide it. I see the smoke behind you.”I sigh and walk to Mr. Travis, handing over the pack to him. He takes out a stick and puts it in his mouth.“Got a light?”“I thought smoking was against the rules...”“Not. Now that school was in session again there were too many constraints on my time. Slip Stream was very popular and the gigs were farther away than ever before. The recording company would think nothing of booking us in Chicago one night and Cleveland the next. We were never the headliners, but we did prep the audiences for some big name bands. June's band, Jonesville, was getting more popular as well. They hadn't won anything at the contest where I met her, but word of mouth from that event was. My moral character, yes I have a strong one, would not let me get past that vow.He suggested that I get a hold of her and specifically ask her to release me from my vow. The signing of the divorce paper had released me from my legal duty, but not my internal moral duty. This was a great revelation. A huge light bulb lit up in my head and it shone upon a real solution to my problems. I realized that I could still love my ex, but her releasing me from my vow could set me free of my moral.