He hadn’t slept well at all; waking in fits and starts to the sounds coming from their bedroom. He counted six times in all; six times Samuel had fu...cked her. Six times his wife had given herself to another man. She was giving herself again as he poured his first coffee. They came down stairs together as he poured his third cup. She let go of Samuel’s hand as she came into the kitchen. He saw the look of guilt on her face but he also noticed the glow on her face. He had last seen such a glow as. That went on for almost two years.In that time I underwent some major changes. I lost my little relationship gut I'd developed, changed to a redhead, and gotten a few tattoos. My ex was the one I lost my virginity to. I found out that having a rebound guy and a one-night stand was quite entertaining. I'd also gone through two semi relationships. But he was always the one there to give me advice and try and con his way into a booty call when I was going through a dry spell. I was beginning to. I resumed my already abnormal 'normal' life.As it turned out, I arrived at my most important answer in just a few weeks. I couldn't stop thinking about it. My minds would frequently wander into daydreams about merging again. There were three major issues:First, my life was bearable and even enjoyable because I had an in-built friend. Merging again would triple the number of in-built friends each of us had (from one to three). As having one internal best friend was already making my life. Kimi and I approached her.Betty spoke first. “It’s an old joke but my 40-year-old husband is not wired for 220.”I asked if Tiesha and Angel were abusing her husband.“He is in good enough shape that a heart attack is unlikely. I am taking mental notes but he is going to be so sexually drained that it’s unlikely he will have anything left for me tonight. I’m okay with that.”Kimi asked her if she would like to receive that same kind of attention from us.“Ed did mention something like that in his.