The woman introduced herself as Claire. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Claire was at a part of her lif... where she thought that she almost everything. She had a job, a house, a car, family, and yet one area of her life was empty. Love. She could go to work, sure. What about when she got home? Her whole family seemed to have their life partners. They were happy and had kids. Claire felt like an outcast in her own family. She did not think that she. ‘Yep, it’s all free!’ He answered as they moved to the ticket window. ‘Two adults and one very excited little girl please.’ Lenny said handing the woman behind the glass a ten dollar bill and Rachael reached to hand Lenny her and Amy’s share of the tickets. But, he shook his head no. ‘This is my treat. My Christmas present to you both,’ he said holding one of her fingers, watching a small, but inviting smile cover her mouth. ‘Only if I can pay your way the next time I see you,’ she smiled. After Karen had left the party the phone rang. It was a woman who works with Karen at the Community College. She asked how she was doing because they hadn’t heard from her since she had been off work from her miscarriage. Karen had told us she was back to work for afternoons and even wore her work clothes when she’d leave home. We found yesterday that she was going to the Hen House most afternoons and was taking part in light bondage activities. She was role playing being treated as a sex dog. "There is no way either of you could have known this about her!" my understanding wife took my hand and placed the back of it tenderly against her cheek, "The only way you could have known would have been by being an asshole of a husband. Hell, SHE didn't know until today!"I shrugged, "So what's the point?"Patricia paused, considering her next words carefully.I sipped scotch, waiting patiently. I couldn't always predict the inner workings of my wife's mind, but I had never yet had reason to.