We were made very welcome at the party. It seemed to be mostly men, just a few couples. It seems it was at the home of Phil's boss, so it was mostly p...eople from his office. We enjoyed the food at the buffet and the drinks were plentiful. We seemed to be getting more drinks offered to us well before we had finished the ones we had.We were having a good time, dancing and chatting with people. They seemed a friendly crowd. At one point, late in the evening, Phil cut in when I was dancing with. Whatever the cause, the evil wasn't Mary, but a curse she carried inside that had pushed itself to the surface. Up until the time she suddenly began screaming and leveling the shack's contents, she was gentle and meek. When she laid with him, she'd been soft and pliant, eager, warm as any woman he'd ever known, maybe more so. If he had guessed how thin a line separated her from total insanity, he would never have announced his leaving.A fresh wash of pain pushed any forgiving thoughts clean out. .. can’t be.” ‘He’s right, I DON’T want to know’.“Maybe can’t be what?”“Mirage?”“It’s an idea. Anything on radar?”“Yeah, it’s faint but it’s about 15 miles and closer in.”“Well? Get on with it.”Rumbling motors changed pitch. The cutter made one last circle through our boat, and headed north, edging towards the Michigan coast. 40 knots easy ... that boat was fast.“Mom?”She looked at me. I could tell she was very confused. Then she brightened.“You know what’s 15 miles and close to shore?” She. ..... "Yea, he's wearing a dress....... It's forestgreen with a full skirt, he's wearing a white petticoat and slip, a whitecamisole, a white bra and black panties with a black garter belt andblack stockings. Yea, he did his hair and make up, he really looks goodMom you should see him........... No, come to think of it he didn'tpolish his nails, at least not yet." I looked at my fingers and felt a little sick that I'd forgotten to do mynails or my toe nails for that matter."We're going out to.