CHAPTER SEVEN
When Valerie arrived home, it was already dark outside. She noticed with surprise that there were lights on in the house. Robert was home already. She had counted on his not being there. On the one night when she would have wanted him to stay out, he had come home for dinner. She felt weak and bedraggled and she had no idea how she could cope with his presence. She had not even been able to think out the full ramifications of what had transpired that afternoon. Every inch of her body ached from the horrible body .wracking positions she had been put through. Now, she couldn't bear the thought of looking in her husband's face. The very idea disgusted her.
She opened the door to the house and seeing that Robert was in the living room looking at television, she tried to quietly
