'Buck, you are the only sane person in this family. Why Rita wants a divorce, I can't figure out. Her lover wants to marry. She had put him off, but she suddenly changed her mind. I am sorry, Buck.'

I froze. I suspected an affair... but divorce?

Brandi pulled back from me.

'Oh god, you didn't know.'

I sat down on the loveseat. She sat next to me.

'I am sorry, Buck, I thought you knew.'

She hugged me from the side and rested her head on my shoulder. I stared straight ahead, digesting the unexpected but not surprising news.

'So sorry, Buck.'

She kissed my cheek more than once....