I have always felt more comfortable in a black tank top and split jeans. I could never have seen myself in a gown with earrings, the thought of it was... foreign. My father had asked every woman that he knew before he finally came to ask me, that night, while we were sitting at the dinner table. Cara? he paused. Yeah, dad? I looked up at him from my plate of homemade lasagna. You know Ive got that thing coming up, and mum usually comes with me&hellip, Yeah&hellip, I stared at him. Well I know. My nom de querre would be Phillip Roux, the last name a French derivative of the word Red. After spending far too much time on it, the title of the first book would be 'The Redheaded Tryst.' Phillip was my protagonists name as well. It would be a first-person story! The wife, who was instantly likeable, is named Aubrey and the girls in the story are Ruby and Scarlett — if Jim doesn't like it, he can voice his opinion.Having this all done, I told the girls I was leaving to talk to my publisher,. All this was to mock my husband John, but it was hot. I guess Jenn noticed I something was on my mind. Jenn: "God, girl! What are you smiling at?" Nothing. What?" I said trying to cover."You're smiling about something. God, there was a perv in high school who used to smile like that around me. What are you thinking about?" Nothing." I said, but I was blushing and it was obvious I was thinking about something--something good!"Mindy, we're supposed to be friends." She said with a devilish. . No, you probably understand as well as anyone can.”“I’ve never been in a position as bad as Passion Mill, but yes, I think I can understand the desire to give more than I have to offer. No matter what, this week will be burned into your memory, full of things you wish you’d done differently along with all the little triumphs when something worked. Regardless of the outcome, this can form the grist for your growth into a strong defender. Grinding yourself through that growth will be no easy.