When did he show his true colors?"As Lara related the story of her life with Mike I listened for any signs that she was going to cry. The tears starte... flowing when she started talking about mom's funeral. One of Lara's neighbors told her that Mike had brought a woman home with him and she stayed the whole time I was gone. So he had been cheating on her for at least five years. She told me everything including some things I was a little embarrassed to hear from my sister."I don't think he ever. "Thanks for your help today," she said. If she had any inclination to hug him, the cloud of oil that hung over him warded her away."It's my pleasure," Jacob replied.They shared an uncomfortable silence."I don't suppose you're hungry," Ann Marie said. "How about we go get some real food?" I can't go out like this," he replied."C'mon," she coaxed. "My treat." Let me go home and shower first," he said after a minute, not really wanting to spend another Saturday night alone. "I'll pick you up at. "Tristan?" Yes." Get some sleep." I can't, there has to be some way to defend Mylia. We are at the end of the war, and my adopted planet will be destroyed at the eleventh hour."Aesia propped her head on her elbow and regarded him. "Why not use the active AI's to transport you to the fleet you dispatched. At least you will be doing something and the fleet might just get there in time. After all, they will be better off with your leadership." That's it! Aesia you are a genius." He kissed her.. I could not imagine what I had done wrong, but my mother told me on the telephone later that she had become engaged to the new young Methodist Minister.At the time it seemed to me that my whole world had fallen apart. The thought of Nettie in the arms of another man drove me crazy, and for a time I lost all faith in women. Over the next six months I deliberately embarked on a number of sordid affairs with fellow female students and one or two married women. I did not really care whether I was a.