“If you remember, it was your idea and I only agreed that it might work. You might also recall that I told you there was a good chance of a quite different outcome – for you as well as her.” This was the simple truth and my irritation faded. So taken had I been with the idea of allowing two birds to be felled with one stone, I had decided to press ahead with an approach that allowed me to experience the “Delicious weakness” of ceding control to a woman while holding out the prospect of saving my marriage at the same time. That both women would see my motivation for what it was – Ronnie sooner than Terry – had not occurred to me. “Now that it clearly hasn’t worked,” Ronnie continued, “the situation is both worse and, in my opinion irredeemable for you – if not for Terry.” “Meaning?” Ro