What was important however, is that the marriage was dead — not over, just dead.Why not over? Because I didn't have the energy for it. I'd been marr...ied once before and my first divorce had ruined me financially and had made me into an emotional basket case for years. If I was thirty-five or forty I might have done it, but not at fifty. Why start over? Lois kept a clean house, was a good cook, and did the laundry and all the other things that a wife does to make life move smoothly. We didn't. ........"I didn't hear all of what he said after that. I didn't have to. I alreadyknew Stefan Gregory Zaleskie. He was Greg's father!I felt dizzy and nauseated on the way home. I wondered what the implant woulddo to me. Or maybe it was learning I was going to become a wife... and Greg'sstepmother. I had left before Mom got up and hadn't told her about last nightso she was surprised at my clothes and shiny nails. "Melinda, you're in yourgirls clothes." "Why not, mom. I'm engaged." We sat and had. All of a sudden even the inverter current was off as it was on since evening. The whole house was pitch dark. She was not able to see anything. She went to kitchen to bring a torch but could not find one. She heard the door banging and she thought the door had closed due to strong wind. Slowly she walked holding the wall as support and came to the door and saw that it was closed. Did she hear some other sound within her house? She came to the bedroom and slept. Soon she was fast asleep.In the. " She said handing it to me.I can love you with the seasons, with the winds, the rains,with the stars in the sky, we as endless constellationsYou and I tremble in secret, the needs of our bodies, as beesBuzz round an closed bud: ready to become a beautiful flowerOur love could be perfect, and in me you can find yourself,My goal, my intent is to open the book of your life to a new chapter,To crack the shell of the lies of men and release your gentle spirit from conformity,If I should fail your.