After a few more private talks with Brent, Ha said she'd go to Virginia with me.
Later, when Brent was in the room, knowing he didn't trust me I asked
Ha,"Do I scare you?" She laughed,"No! You're one of
the least threatening people I've ever met!"
I phoned Miimii again to ask her to leave for her friend's house. She said she couldn't, and we couldn't stay at the house. I was upset--she was
ruining everything. I told Ha we could see the house but we'd have to stay
in a motel. The room went silent--she'd think about it. In front
of Brent she said,"We'll sleep in your house during the day and go out at night". But she had to get
lots of work done before the trip. It never happened, and Brent ended up by himself while Ha and I went to the movies.
On the way to the movies I asked the difficult questions. She
said,"Uh, well I guess you could say Brent and I are making the best of
a good situation. Yes, we do sleep together, and it's hard for him
with you there, but he needs to grow up. I didn't plan on us sleeping
together when he moved in". She said he was originally supposed house-sit when she went to Europe (to meet me) but when
she found she couldn't go, he still needed a place, so she let
him move in anyway. The
the relationship was okay with her because he wasn't "the kind of person I
want to spend the rest of my life with".