“Then your lack of sleep has clouded your thinking.”
“It seems very clear to me. A sad and sudden awakening, but an awakening nonetheless. I’m just like your mother. That’s a hard reality, but it’s true.”
“Tempest, stop it!” he said.
“No, it’s true. Don’t you see it. She’s a b***h and so am I. She has a sharp tongue and wild eyes, and a penchant for sticking her opinions in where they’re not wanted. She’s beautiful, charming and horribly strong willed. Tell me how I’m different?”
Orlando was momentarily at a loss as how to reply, so she filled in the silence.
“I know what’s going to happen. I can see it very clearly. I imagine your father loved her the way you love me; but after a while all the horrors began to wear them down. I know, before long you’ll be thinking of me the same wa
