"We'll have to get some sleep beforehand, then. I'm pretty sure I can induce slumber effectively ... if I don't keep you awake..." Are we getting up, ...then? I'm beginning to need to..." I suppose ... in a few minutes..."They did – not too much later – get up and have a light breakfast before rowing ashore and walking the few yards to the Yeomans' house. They were admitted and welcomed by Alison. "Mum's in the kitchen," she said to both of them, then, looking at Chrissie, "can I borrow your. Now she can forget it.”“Oh my God! No wonder you’re acting that way! And that explains why Stephanie is so upset. I’m telling you, if you don’t fix your relationship with your sister, something very, very bad is going to happen and we’ll all regret it.”“I said forget it! There are two girls in the world that I won’t fuck — Jennifer and Stephanie. Anyone and everyone else? If they’re close to my age and willing, I’ll fuck them silly. The offer for you stands. You know you want it.”“No, I don’t.. And just as I was having these distinctly uncharitable thoughts about my wife’s employer, he doubled-down on the level of temptation he was baiting me with.“And, you know, Dave, I was just thinking how that dancer of mine, what’s her name, Veronica or something like that, well I think she’s got two or three days leave coming to her. And, you know, she was griping to me the other day that she doesn’t get to see her boyfriend often enough. So I was just thinking, that if you could see your way. I will have a process server try to deliver the papers to your Mom in a few days, after my attorney files them with the courts." I knew the longer this went on that something like this was going to happen." Sam looked me straight in the eye as she continued, "Although I see Mom almost every week, she has made it very clear that she will not talk about you and what happened. Just let me know when she will be served so that I can be close by to support her if she needs it."Somehow I was surprised.