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My heart catches

"Well at least he thought it was love It was unrequited lust He was young and I was scheot him to marry me and I kept him at bay We were only married for a very short time, as you remember, but he was kind and patient He didn't want to rush me into the first ti with Laurel every day and every night," Mo me with a smile "He'd leave for the day and Laurel would come over at lunch and ould fuck in our bed Maybe I wouldn't have done that if I liked men, but I was always about the women"

I sigh deeply It's frustrating and sad

But also very, very scared

This person who is in front of me is finally the true nature of my mother

There was always flashes of her cold, calculating visage that’s on display for ain as she put on her facade

But this is the erous for She has no co She knows on a rational level that she’s in the wrong - but it doesn’t affect her at all

Perhaps the et the hell out of here

"At first, Magnus tried to work through it,” Mom recollects to herself as well as me “He tried to save what he didn't realize was a shae," Mom continues "I think he liked the idea of a family, Penny"

Who wouldn't?

Right, don't answer that

"But eventually he saw the light and realized he had to get rid of anus forever, but ere surprised by how cleanly and without emotion he was able to move past me," Mom replies "And how neatly he re from the divorce settlement"

So that was it Could this whole thing co to siphon h a divorce?

"I mean, Laurel was supposed to run for Governor with that money," Mom explains matter-of-factly, as if this justifies her behavior

"But Magnus didn't want to play ball, so we have to destroy him instead," Mom finishes Then she adds as an aside, "It's too bad, really But that's the way the world works"