It was not a secret that my boss, Leo Fin, always had an affair---or affairs. Life burned brighter and hotter on some people, and he was one of them. With or without the help of his moneyed background, he was still a man who would reach out and grasp life, and shape it the way he wanted. Having a successful career, a good-humored image he deliberately projected, and a comparable pleasant face to look at, he never had to go out looking for a lady friend, women always came to him.  

But it was definite New that his wife Sue Feier knew anything about that. She was even-tempered, slightly dumb, and interested in nothing but shopping and taking care of her little girl. Their marriage was a good one, even not perfect. Leo Fin was not and would never be a domesticated type, like Gray Wolf in Happy Sheep. He simply didn’t have either the time or patience to deal with wines, pouts and demands—any wife would be entitled to. Being with Sue, however, was easy. There was never any drama from her, no tantrums, no demands for his time or, worse, his attentions. She was just there, smiling and complacent. On the other hand, Sue needed a man like Leo to stand between her and the world. Someone like her, dumb and sweet and gullible, would be a sitting duck if she was on her own.

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If that terrible accident, the one that took away their adorable daughter’s life and changed their life for ever, never happened, I had no doubt that I would see a live-happily-together- fairytale-kind ending in them. But life allows no ifs. Losing a child put so much stress and stains on the parents that marriage often dissolved. In this case, their old bonds were not strong enough to hold them after the tragedy struck. From my opinion, it really had nothing to do with Other Woman---namely Dew, my boss’s new girl friend. She was pretty and smart. She was at the top of her game, mature enough to be womanly, young enough that she didn’t have to worry about gray hair or wrinkles. She knew it and decided to play it to her best advantage. However I didn’t think she stand any chance on the permanency of Leo’s life. I saw no sentimental attachments between these two, and it was nothing more than a cheese game.   

At this moment, Sue brought it up. I was complete caught off-guard by her question. To play safe, I should figure out a sort of no-comment answer. After all, one of the reasons I was promoted to Leo’s secretary was because I always kept my mouth shut. It was not wise to talk about your boss’s personal life to his wife---even soon would be his ex. However looking at Sue’s broken image, I couldn’t deal with her that casually, she deserved better than that.

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