Just pick something.’ He started with the Bible, the Song of Solomon, and got through the first three chapters without much of a response from Lauri.... Her eyes were closed and he thought she might be asleep. He began reading the fourth chapter. Danel read verse 5, ‘Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.’ Laurie sat up, removed her shirt, never said a word and lay back down. When Danel read the ending of verse 16, ‘ … Let my beloved come into his. The rest of the night, I worried about her getting pregnant, wondering why I hadn’t used a condom, but it was to late for that now. The next day, when I happened to walk over to the beach, I hoped to see her, but as I approached the beach access, it appeared the family was packing up to leave. I thought about going up to the house, but decided it wasn’t appropriate. Instead, I started on my regular morning walk down the beach, but as I passed the house, I looked up at the porch, hoping to see. Lilly and Sheryl are still friends and Lilly assured Sheryl that it was nothing serious, it was just about the sex.Lilly felt comfortable telling Sheryl about her affair with Bill because Sheryl had told Lilly she had what she called ‘lapses of judgment’ during her marriage to Bill. She knew she was not without sin and so did Bill because Sheryl admitted stepping out on him after she found out about him seeing Lilly. A year before Bill started seeing Lilly, Sheryl had two affairs but nothing. Both the men were staring at me expectantly. It took another swallow to clear my throat so I could speak clearly. "Someone is breaking into my house and the fire alarm is on."The detective grabbed his radio and notebook, dispatching more police to my address and telling them it was linked to the gallery fire. He stared at me. "Stay here." Then he ran back toward the gallery.I felt like someone was pulling my intestines out through my bellybutton an inch at a time. My vision tunneled and I.