We had to be seen as the ones that make sure the playground was open to everybody. I was OK with that. I’m not OK with how this has steamrolled into... an industry-changing event.”“I know,” I said. “And I’m not real happy about it either. But, again, here we are. We have a lot of disaffected people that are genuinely angry about their treatment. Those same people were too scared or too beholden to their labels to come out by themselves. But once we opened the door a crack ... once Conny and. The only word that came to mind was, “When?”“On Friday.”Travis shook his head. “That’s the day after tomorrow.”“Yes, honey. Your dad can’t come to get us so we’ll go back to Fayetteville with Uncle Silas and Aunt Bea and then the next day we’ll take the Greyhound home.”“But it’s too soon,” he objected.His mom chuckled. “I think you’ve grown to like it here. You really like the beach, don’t you? But don’t you miss home? Your grandma will be glad to see you.”Travis sat slumped in the chair.“And. He loves it when I belittle him I discovered this one night while we were making love. It was dull a dull fuck and more like work than lovemaking. We both knew it and stopped mid way uninterested in finishing. Just laying there quiet together in one anoty arms. Afraid to say what we were both thinking and knew all along would happen our love life had gone stagnant.Then he asked if I would to try something different?Of course I wanted to. I have heard of couples splitting up because they were. She pushed away from the desk and pulled herself up onto her feet. “Take the chair. I have a test in there. Hit the space bar when you’re ready.”Cheryl took the chair. When she hit the space bar, a computerized voice began dictating, and she began typing. When she got more than a word behind the voice, it slowed down. This flustered her, but she didn’t complain. When the voice stopped, she scooted back in her chair.“Decent,” the woman said. “You’ll probably do better in real life. Pardon me for.