They discovered what I had: Karen's heart was a boundless wellspring of love that was fully available to them.She was married to daddy."Mommy is Mommy...," explained seven-year-old Nancy, "so Alexander's mommy is like a second mommy. So Mommy is Mommy One and Alexander's mommy is Mommy Two."There was not a trace of doubt in her voice, there rarely was. She was just explaining the order of the universe to her Daddy.As always, at the end of such an explanation, there was either the implied, or the. Laura ran up to him, gave him a quick hug, kissed him on the cheek, and said, "Come on in, Richie, you're just in time for supper."As we sat down, I asked Laura, "How did you know he'd be here?" And she rolled her eyes in a mysterious fashion and said, "I have my ways."If the turkey didn't stuff me into heaven, the apple pie at the end of the meal did. I could hardly get up. I walked over to her, planted a kiss on her lips, and said, "Sometimes I can't figure you out. You knew Richie was. .. Es fiel mir schwer Entrüstung darüber zu äußern.Meinen Abgang habe ich allerdings tatsächlich gefaked. In Wirklichkeit habe ich die Beiden natürlich noch zum Flugzeug gebracht und mich anständig verabschiedet. Ich fand nur, dass dieses noch emotionalere Ende nicht so recht zu dem harten Sex gepasst hätte. Mit Luisa und vor allem Angela hatte ich noch längere Zeit sporadischen Kontakt. Damals lag das Internet noch in den Kinderschuhen und Whatsapp, Skype & Co lagen noch in weiter Ferne. Die. Heconcentrated his focus on me more, his eyes squinting just a bit more,and spoke.Directly. Matter-of-factly. Honestly."I saw what appears to me to be blood on your trousers, at the back ofyour leg. On your right buttock."My eyes shot open.Oh, I realized.That.We looked at each other for a long period of time, neither of us sayinganything.Finally, after an entirely pleasant pause, he spoke. Quietly andthoughtfully and with respect and sensitivity."Perhaps you sat on something sharp?"I shook.