A Game within a Game Part 4

Together with the pain, humiliation and the sorrow Marion unintentionally brought to you, was it enough for traumatizing you. But it was Jenny who betrayed your marriage, and not Marion. Like she explained you and Helena, she was very upset about losing your love, and she could not handle it anymore; she too had a bad weekend, walked on her toes to make the weekend work and all in vain. Later your friends tried to help you, and in some ways they achieved their goal, but like Helena said: you still have ghosts to deal with."

Rob just looked at her with asking eyes, but said nothing.

"I have a proposition for you. But first you have to tell me: do you trust me? You don't know me, but because I don't really know you, I'm not prejudiced. You have nothing to fear from me. Agreed?"

"I guess," Rob said, he hesitated "When people started talking about trust, I am now beginning to think that I have to run as fast away from you as possible."

"Yes, Rob, but that is the problem. You cannot trust anybody anymore, because the trust you had, had been betrayed for twenty years. The moment you had found out, you needed professional help. Lucky you have found the perfect wife, the best you can imagine and she does a lot of healing. But, like Helena said, we have to remove some ghosts. We can do that by long talks, trying to convince you that the unhappy events have nothing to do with another, and that will take a long time, or we can do it in a shorter period: two days probably; today and tomorrow. About what Marion told me, and what you later confirmed by telling me about your feelings, I came to the following conclusion beforehand: a two day session will be the best solution. Do I have to convince you? We speak about that in the presence of Helena. I already asked Helena to bring some clothing with her for staying overnight and made the spare bedroom for you ready. I live alone; the only persons here will be us."

Rob still look dumbfounded. "I'm sorry, but I still haven't the slightest idea what you want to do in two session days."