“Okay, so who really are you? Purity is all very well, but why me?” “Can’t you guess?” she giggled at me. Suddenly I was reminded of someone..., but surely it couldn’t be. “Er…er..Marcia? do you know Marcia?” “Well done. She didn’t think you would get it, but yes, Marcia is my Mum! She has told me about you and said that if I could I should get up here, as she certainly couldn’t be here, and that I should see if you were as good as she said you were.” “Oh!” I sort of stared at her. “And she was. He kissed her and told her, he was sorry, that he didn’t mean anything by it… just a little surprised.She looked so pretty when she got emotional, her cheeks were rosy and flushed. He kissed her again on her temple and reassured her of his love.Just to lighten the mood, he joked – “I am sure you have no regrets marrying me. I mean look at me, it’s everything you didn’t want” She looked at him quizzically, not knowing what to say because he could not be farther from the truth.Sure Billy was. He came home tired, and beat down but was always up and eager to see his ‘it’ the next day Despite this, and all of her promises that she loved him, Words of love and need, of wanting and desiring him more than she’d wanted to breathe, it never happened for them. His dreams, how simple they had been. He’d wanted to grow old with her, nothing fancy. He didn’t need a swimming pool or tennis courts, whirlpool tubs with their pulsing jets, or ten bedrooms. A small house with a garden and a swing. Mom told us kids not to let him in. He beat on the door, and hollered, ‘Caroline, let me in!’ He must have said it five times. ‘Let me in or I’ll bust the door down!’ said Dad. All of us kids were in our rooms, we were scared. We never saw Dad quite this drunk. I knew one thing, that if Dad called me to open the door I would have done it, but luckily he didn’t. Mom yelled to him to go sleep in the car. Neither she nor the kids were going to open the door. The next thing we heard was a big bang..