CHAPTER EIGHT Rain streaked down the large picture window in the living room as Valerie sat having her morning coffee. The wet, humid day seemed to fit her mood to the letter. She couldn't remember ever being so low in her life. She had to do some thing... something drastic to alter the situation she now found herself in. But what? It seemed no matter what approach she might take, she and her marriage were the losers. But she had to take some chance. There was no easy way out... it was obvious that the situation wasn't just going to disappear by itself. An idea entered her head, but she dismissed it immediately. It wouldn't work. But search as she could for an answer, she kept coming back to the same thing. Maybe it might work... it was a long shot, but what else had she? She walked into