If you can fake sincerity you can do anything. He got way too close to the White House.
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Still? Is this possible?
There is a reason adultery is one of the big ten.
Betrayal, dishonesty, cold heartedness; it is so devastating to love, it is unbelievably damaging on so many levels to a long string of intertwined people.
Without love, human life is like the walking dead. Intellegence lacks wisdom, empathy and compassion without love. Love and all that comes with it is the most important aspect of human life; it is what separates humans from animals.
After Helms, NC has gone on the dark side to stay, it seems.
Soon, everything must be shared with the homewrecker. EE is sick and the replacement is Wicked Stepmother who won't look after the interests of the children.
Elizabeth should consider a quick divorce to separate out the assets, so she can be sure that the mistress won't control her children's fate. Then appoint a guardian and executor of those assets. That way, all her estate will be for her own children, not the mistress and bastard.
That may be why hubbie stands around trying to look empathetic. He doesn't want her to divorce, he wants to be a widower.