Chapter 19: Contemplation

Damien drove round and round the city. His mind was in chaos. He was not thinking straight. How could Violet had hidden such a thing from him? She could have told him and he would have understood. Even when the evidence was before her eyes, she was still denying it. Had he made a mistake in thinking that she was different from other women? Was she in fact as bad as Carole? Carole who had left him to marry his brother? Had Violet destroyed someone's relationship just for the fun of it? Then where was the man now? Would the man come to make problems for the both of them later? What if they had hot married and Violet had continued seeing the guy secretly? What was his name again? Ray.. Raymond. Was he destined then not to fall in love with the right sort? Every one had a past.It just might be Violet's and he would have understood if only she had come to him, afterall, he had understood about the rape attempt and had not blamed her for it but right now he was beginning to think that she mi