Dernit. Elegantly Snobbish Guest, if you didn't recognize that it was NOT the phrase that I was pressing but that I was trying to hijack the thread, surely 'tain't my fault.

"The night was dark. One o'clock in the morning and the house stood cold and empty but for me. Half asleep in my big chair in front of Jay Leno I kicked myself upright, deciding that my bed would be more comfortable than sitting here trying to stay awake. As I prepared for bed I wondered where my soon-to-be exhusband was tonight. Not alone, that was for sure. I hadn't seen him in a month and that last meetng hadn't gone well.

"I shrugged and then smiled at the notion of shrugging when there was none to see. I pulled back the covers. I froze. Somewhere deep in the house a toilet had flushed."