That shook Renee to her very core. There was no judgment. No one said it must be her fault, or that she was stupid for choosing such a man. She felt a... huge load lift from her shoulders, and that brought to mind what she hadn’t had time, or opportunity, to share with Mirriam. Now, she shared it with all of her new friends.“I talked to the priest today ... in town. He said that, in the church’s eyes, I was never married at all.” She got blank looks. None of the other women were Catholic. “It. None stop did the words rapidly flow from her mouth. The dutiful husband that I am, I tuned her out. She was fine.She joined us because she was frustrated. There was a murder/suicide with she was sure a dark secret behind it but she struck out. No one in this small burg was speaking to her. This wasn't the first time she had struck out trying to track down one of her killers but normally there is always some busy body who just loves to gossip; not so this town. No one will even acknowledge that. I was surprised to find a huge oval-shaped hot tub on the far side of the room, right in front of a set of floor-to-ceiling windows that looked out onto a wooded area. It was a nice room as far as hotel rooms go. The hot tub was a nice touch and not something one would usually find in a hotel room, except maybe in Vegas, Reno or the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania and then, only for special rooms.I decided to check it out. I stripped out of my clothes and dipped my foot into the warm water. I. As soon as Chase heard the side door of the trailer close he stood up and said he was going to the bathroom. I didn't pay it much mind, crossed my legs and lay on my stomach four feet from the television.I continued to watch the interesting tv show. A few more minutes past and a commercial interupted the story and I began to notice that Ellen, like her brother Chase, was also missing. Since it was a comercial break I got up and decided use the bathroom as well. Neither Chase or Ellen were in.