‘Mother, you can’t let Dad leave,’ Bridget finally said to Emily. Emily looked at our daughter but still didn’t say anything. Then she suddenl...y jumped out of her seat and ran from the room. I heard her run up the stairs and slam her bedroom door. ‘I’m sorry,Bridget, but this just isn’t working. Your mother and I need to move on with our lives now, whatever I feel in my heart, I have to let her go.’ ‘But you love her, Dad!’ ‘Yes, I do, but she doesn’t love me, Bridget. I’ve told you a thousand. Make sure you're not followed and try not to stand out like a sore thumb this bloody time. You'll find a donkey jacket beside your car; wear that."The line went dead.I'm going to admit that I had butterflies in my stomach. It appeared the game was on and, although I knew I had to go through with it, I wasn't completely sure I had the nerve to finish what I'd started.In the car park, I found the well-used donkey jacket lying on the floor below the driver's door of my car. For one awful minute I. She lived only a few blocks from here, near the park where I had first seen her. Without thinking about it, I touched my lips and face where her lips and hand had touched them. I felt 17 again. Totally unprepared, no clue what to do next. But I wasn’t going to let this be it. I was 55, divorced, no strings attached, except to this firm, which she already said she wouldn’t work for anymore. What would stop me from going over there? She wasn’t my employee anymore, but she still might reject me.. So I'm going home to Hayward tonight. I'm going to spend the night with my family and talk to my mom about us. And I'm expecting that you'll stay in the apartment with Ben tonight. I realize that you two might talk each other into staying away from each other out of concern for me, but I assure you that what I really want is for you two to spend the night together. To help illustrate that point, I rigged the front door to be locked from both sides, so you can't get out. You're also on the.