It would only aggravate things if I administered a lesson in manners to Dave. I think it's wiser to simply avoid him." Don't make the mistake of think...ng Dave would be a quick learner if you're the instructor, Tom," cautioned Becky. "Don't take Dave lightly. He wouldn't give a second thought to mixing it up with you if he thought you were behaving inappropriately toward me." I know he has a temper. He doesn't know I hold a brown belt and would have little problem rendering him helpless. I just. Also the trees had leafed outenough so the deck was secluded and private. So I took my glass of wineand made my way to sip and relax there. I had to go slow, as the woodensteps were uneven and old. I was used to walking in heels, but even so,I was glad there was a handrail on the steps. Sitting by the rail,listening to the rush and gurgle of the stream, reminded me why my wifewanted this cabin.She'd wanted a place to get away to, so she could relax and have sometime alone. It wasn't too far. I can afford to have you buy 40 or 50 new wardrobes, so money's not a problem."My queasiness was growing rapidly, "Please," I begged him, "no..."Michael looked at me hard and suddenly I was overwhelmed with full-blown nausea. I ran into the bathroom and threw up my dinner ... several times. I was in there for a full hour, heaving and sobbing. What was going on here? I had married Michael to escape Julia and what she did to me, but I had somehow landed in the same situation all over again? Why. " "What?" Jason frowned. "Regret," Rachel told him simply. "Nikki and I were pretty drunk last night, and she's ashamed of what we did. She told me that she didn't know how she was ever supposed look at you again, and she asked me to move out." "What?" Jason repeated in disbelief. "You don't really know her very well," Rachel struggled with how to say it. "She's like two different people. The woman you've always known is a persona she created to deal with the responsibility of being a single.