On the scale of mental brightness that runs from one to ten you are about a three. So this is my reward. I’ll take what I want and retire in three y...ars with all of the money I need. If you don’t want to play ball with me I’ll take it all myself and retire at the same time with wealth beyond my imagination. But whatever you decide, it will be to my benefit. It is now up to you.” “I think you’ve lost your mind,” Sinclair said. “And you can bet that my attorney will be involved.” “By all means,”. Their affair lasted until Jane’s husband, returning home unexpectedly one day, found them in bed together. He fired Agnes on the spot and gave Jane a spanking, which led to the best sex they’d ever had. For a moment, Jane thought she saw a way to make her marriage exciting, but when it was over he was cold and distant. He told her that he couldn’t afford scandal in his position, and that if she did something like that again he’d see to it that she ended up on the street without a penny.After. We had a meal break and later continued our session for another similar round till 3.30 a.m! Bren then had to go to her parents’ home for which we had to get dressed, go to a telephone booth, call a taxi. In those days of no digital devices, the internet, cell phones or Uber, this was a great way to experience a 3.30 a.m. sunrise in England.I was only going to write an anecdote with Bren when we had gone on a hiking trip with a church group to the Lake District. We were enjoying a Sunday pub. But we own the big house, are members of the country club, drive dual Jaguars. Our life is good.So why has it all turned to shit? I've given Lori everything she has ever asked of me. I make love to her somewhat regularly; far more regularly than I would if I were a real geek, I think.And yet for months I've felt this estrangement; the false smiles, the forced laughter, the perfunctory lovemaking, the empty words. It was looking to me like after ten happy years, Lori was having second thoughts..