I guess that it has been long enough now so I can safely tell my story. Everyone is much older now and the events occurred a long time ago, but I still remember.

I was living in a small mill house with my 14 year old son in South Carolina. Tim's dad had left some six years before when our relationship soured. My husband had never been particularly affectionate, and one day he just announced that he wanted a divorce. He left shortly afterwards and we had heard little from him since.