He never did a single bad thing to me. If she lied about Daddy..." I knew that would have a big impact on you," Julia said, "but frankly, you are a cl...ssic case of brainwashing. I had no hope that you could change so quickly." I may not have changed, yet," Jessica cautioned. "I'm not just here to run away. I need to learn what the truth is." But just the fact you could undress and come in here like you did is unbelievable." Julia, she stole the two most important men in my life from me - men. "Peter took her hand then said, "Nice to meet you Trish, how long have you been an attorney?" he asked."I passed the bar last month," she said."So I suppose you will be leaving when a big firm decides to offer you a job?" Peter asked."I sent out some resumes yes," she said honestly."Good for you," Peter said.Iva looked embarrassed as she walked him to the desk of a man at least sixty years old. "Martin this is Deacon Sims. He is our new analyst and investigator." How you doing Deacon. Anything. I was her protector. Fortunately, this wasn't a common occurrence, but it happened enough to realize that she had other issues about being gay. I loved her even if she didn't know what she wanted.We had our reasons for staying with each other. We stayed together for the sake of the dogs, and for the comfort of not being alone. For the most part, life was good enough.A couple months after we moved in, Dori came back to town. She used to be the bartender at 'The Hut'. She had left about six. We were married long before I realized that he did it just to spite his father. He never acted quite right, but I was determined to be good at the wife thing, and treat him with respect and devotion."That didn't really work. He wanted me to act like streetwalker, and the more I tried not to, the madder it made him. Something drove him to want to expose me to his peers and make them jealous. Why would a husband want to offer his wife like that? I don't know, and I don't know that I will ever.