Ryan had only been gone for twenty minutes when Samantha heard someone calling. She went out on deck to find Inspector Garcia of the Gibraltar constab...ulary asking to come aboard.‘I’d like to talk to you about your husband’s disappearance, Mrs Wainwright.’Sam welcomed him aboard and started to tell the story Ryan had given her. She found it difficult and frequently burst into tears. Inspector Garcia was a patient man and let her tell the story at her own speed. She’d expected the inspector to. What we wanted, what we needed was just too different. So . . . we parted company.’ But it hadn’t been that easy. When she told him she could not, in good conscience, marry him knowing she would never give him children, he was heartbroken. Stephen begged and pleaded with her to reconsider having a family. ‘Didn’t Stephen suggest that you adopt if you couldn’t or wouldn’t have children of your own?’ Barbara asked. ‘Yes. Although I never told him, I would have been willing to adopt, but I loved. "Oh my," she said again looking at the door. I turned to see who had entered. I could hardly believe my eyes. It was Earl dressed in faded and badly worn jeans. He was also wearing a faded blue work shirt. Instead of a cowboy hat, that would make the outfit complete, he wore a plain, sweat shirt gray baseball type cap."Is he with you?" the bartender asked."Does it matter?" I answered. Just as she had answered me earlier."Tell him no more fights, or I call the cops," the bartender insisted.I. .." she said to Amanda, she looked back at me. "If you really area full time student we'll have to get together sometime and dosomething?" I'd like that," I told her. "I just found out my university e-mail isswesterfield if you want to email me." Umm... okay," she said nervously running back to her friends. Amandahelped me into the booster seat and I watched as the group of littlesnervously looked back at us multiple times.I just sighed. "Am I like a leper since you've adopted me?" Some may see.