"Paul's Return"

October ~ 10/13/98

September ~ 9/27/2000 Wednesday
"Paul's Return"
I have been away on a business trip. I come home and see Paul's pickup truck in my driveway. Crops have been planted, so much so that the side yard looks like a farm. I see Jacqui sitting on the porch very casually. I walk past her, into the house and to the back room. Paul is sitting there, looking very comfortable. He doesn't say anything. I say, "What are you doing here?". He gets up and walks past me and out of the room. He doesn't say anything. He gets to the front of the house, where Jacqui is sitting. He is leaving. He says something to Jacqui about going riding on his dirt bike again. She tells him that she won't be going riding with him anymore. I ask her if the muddy shoes at her mother's house (that her mother said was from her going riding on the motorcycle) are from when she went riding with Paul on his dirt bike. She says, "Yes.". So there will be no room for miscommunication, I ask her the same question 2 more times. All three times, "Yes.".