By the time she had composed herselfCarol saw it was not too much farther to the safety of home.She passed the last couple of stops looking around at ...the rest of thebus, she didn't hear any whispers anymore, no-one was glancing back ather, not even out of the corner of their eyes, everyone on the bus seemedvery interested in either their laps or the passing houses out theirwindows. It was clear if she'd had to defend herself none of them wouldhave involved themselves.But the bus pulled to stop. "This guy is pretty fucking sneaky though, I'll give him that. I'm not sure he isn't sneakier than the guy we caught who was fucking his kid's teacher though. But sooner or later they always slip up. Sooner or later we'll nail his ass. I'm sure of it." Darryl, why are you so sure he's cheating?" I asked."Oh my fucking God," said Darryl. "Listen to this." He played me the tape of Chris calling his wife at home after he left the presentation. Darryl thought it was funny as hell. He kept playing. We’re finished. I’m giving the children up for adoption, too. It’s unfair to keep them when we’ve hated each other for all these years. And we must have. Karla and Doug just appeared. They look happy. When we got back from our honeymoon, I must have been miserable, and you must have been, too. It’s all over, Conrad! Goodbye!” she screamed.Then turning to Karla, she extended her hand and in a very quiet voice said, “Welcome back, Karla. You look wonderful!” At that everyone in the office cracked. ." was all she had time to say before he grabbed her by the back of the hair and pulled her head back. Tessa cried out in pain and called for Nick to help her as Dan began to suck on her neck.To Tessa's relief she saw Nick get up from the couch. Dan was now licking and biting her neck. Tessa tried to push him off but it was useless. The more she struggled the harder Dan pulled at her hair causing her to cry out. 'Thank God,' she thought when Dan stopped as Nick came over. Her neck and scalp.