You make me go to these parties where I stick out like a sore thumb... then you don't even seem to mind that your boss... he... !" He what mother?" I ...think my calmness was adding to her hysterics. Throughout the evening I had barely seen my mother, since I had been bombarded with people wanting conversations with me.She took a long breath to calm herself before she answered, "That monster put his hand up under my skirt!" She wore an off-white leather skirt that was one of the longest skirts I. I opened the last one first, and it simply said, “Call me. Very important.”So I used my new cell phone to make the call.“Blake and Cox, law offices,” a friendly woman answered.“Yes, my name is Roy Belton. I got an email requesting that I call Mr. Blake.”“I’ll put you right through, Mr. Belton. He is expecting your call.”Moments later, the lawyer came on the line. “Roy, I was afraid I had lost you. Where are you?”“I moved to Albuquerque, got a new job, and just settled into an apartment. Do you. About the recreational stuff he got to keep the pram and the sailboat, but the motorboat was to be hers. His tools and all his firearms were to be appraised and sold, and the money divided equally. That was her being vindictive; she knew how much he liked to hunt, and every man’s tool shed was like a toy box. Meanwhile her jewelry and his, except his wedding ring was to stay with her. She vaguely referred to “other items” of apparel and personal items that were of interest only to her that. I half expected Eric to stand up to Ben and challenge him. Instead, Eric seemed to be inhibited and deferential to Ben. At those times when Eric would respond, Ben made snarky and sometimes demeaning comments back to him.When we got home one night, after Ben’s comments had been especially rude, I told Jackie, “Damn, honey, you couldn’t have missed those suggestive comments that Ben was making to Judy, and the way he treats Eric so dismissively. I don’t understand how they put up with it.”She.