Now that I think of the wonderful times that I have lived before, it becomes very difficult for me to believe that all my dreams actually came true. As I remember the painting that I had seen in his room, I am reminded of the two days that I was dancing all around the house. Even with Charles not there at that time as he had gone for a business trip, I was happy till he came back.

After he came back home from that trip, things got a little uneasy because he started carrying his workload home. He was always working on the laptop or shouting at someone on...