Chapter 8

The next two days were pure hell for Lynn. It was about to get worse. Convinced she had lost her son forever, Lynn was in a near state of depression. She agonized over a course of action, wanting to see Paul, yet afraid any action she took would simply drive him further away. Gary, noticing her look of sadness and hopelessness asked on three occasions what was wrong. Lynn tried to hide her feelings, but with each successive query it became more difficult to keep her feelings in check.

Finally, after Gary insisted, Lynn, eaten with guilt and convinced her life was ruined anyway, told Gary everything with the exception of her tryst with Paul. She started by trying to explain her long time unfulfilled needs and the urges they caused. She then described her chance meeting with Peter at the planetarium and how she had allowed herself to be seduced. She admitted her adultery and sexual liaisons with Peter and the other indiscretions, male and female which she had been engaging in for the last several weeks and begged his forgiveness. Whatever she was expecting, the reaction she got was quite similar to Paul's. Gary was enraged as well as hurt. He called her every derogatory name he knew and finally ended the tirade by telling her she had twenty-four hours to pack her things and move out. With that he informed her he would be staying at a hotel until she was gone and stormed out the front door.