OM came back a day early. He was in Arkansas trying to sell a 4-wheeler to get some money, but he couldn't sell it because it has a lien on it. He is planning to declare bankruptcy and wants W to finance a car for him because he'll lose his car in the bankruptcy filing! And he got angry with her when she refused!
That was just about the last straw for W. She has supported him, paid about $500 of his bills, and he has now been in Baton Rouge for 6 weeks and still doesn't have a job (not to mention that he could have gotten a job before he moved down here).
Not to mention that it's Friday and she hasn't had any sales this week (she works on straight commission), so she won't get a paycheck next week if she doesn't sell something today.
Also, I think the night D and I spent with her Wednesday night was huge. She was looking forward to a mommy-daughter night last night and then she couldn't because he came home early. I think she also realized that sleeping with me and being with me wasn't so bad.
I went over to her apartment to help her pack up D's stuff (since D would not be staying the night), and suggested we simply ride back to the house together, and she told me no, since OM might be home when she got back. I said incredulously, "He would have a problem with you riding in the car with me?" and she said yes, a big problem, because he's extremely jealous. She also wanted me to take back a "marriage weekend" brochure that I had left with her and asked her to consider. I said that was unfortunate, because he had always said that he only wanted her to be happy. She angrily replied, "No, he only wants for him to be happy!"
That evening, after D went to bed, she just broke down and started crying, telling me again how sorry she was for everything she had done, how she couldn't understand how I could give her so many chances, how she really wanted to end it but didn't know how, etc. I told her about a friend of ours from church who I recently learned had an affair, and asked W if she wanted to that friend about how she had left her other man, and she said yes. Through her tears, she said that she is truly depressed and miserable.
Anyway, I now feel that the A is near its end. We'll see what happens in the next few days.
The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth." (Psalm 145:18)
