Chapter 13: Odd Wedding
The marriage with Barry was a last-ditch attempt to fit into the heterosexual “normal” world everyone but Barry thought she had been a part of all these years. Barry’s acceptance of her attraction to women, and his belief in the value of an “open marriage,” hinted at the possibility of giving Sam what she wanted.
Of course, Sam herself didn’t see beneath the skin of the situation to its flesh and bones. She really believed she and Barry, and their kids, could be a family. Slightly quirky and strange, perhaps, but still “normal” in the eyes of the world. A husband, a wife, and four kids. Normal.
The small-town definition of normal, however, certainly didn’t apply to what went on behind closed doors and when kids weren’t listening. She and Barry were still going to
