THE OLD BOY'S CLUB--EXCERPT FROM BOOK

THE OLD BOY'S CLUB WAS ALREADY AT WORK AT THE TIME OF LEE'S AND THE GIRLS PENDING PURCHASE OF THEIR HOME.  THERE WAS A MEETING WITH ALL THE ATTORNEYS FOR THE TRUST AND THE BANK.  SHE ARRIVED EARLY.  ONLY ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS WAS THERE AND HIS FIRST REMARK TO LEE WAS, "YOU KNOW, VINCENTE SAID THAT YOU WERE MOVING IN WITH A MAN, AND WE CAN'T HAVE THAT."
     LEE'S MOUTH DROPPED OPEN.  sHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD AUTOMATICALLY  BELIEVE ANYTHING VINCENTE TOLD THEM.  THE FACT THAT IT WAS NOT TRUE DID NOT ANGER HER SO MUCH AS THEIR INEVITABLE ACCEPTANCE OF ANYTHING HE SAID TO DEFAME HER.  SHE HAD WITNESSED, FIRSTHAND, HOW ATTORNEYS FAWNED OVER HER EX-HUSBAND.  THIS IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT SHE SOLELY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING THE TRUST AND ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GIRLS AND THE TRUST, AND UNLIKE HER, HAD NO PERSONAL FINANCIAL INVESTMENT..  THIS WOULD CONTINUE OVER THE YEARS TO THE EXTENT  OF DRIVING HER ALMOST OVER THE EDGE.
THEY'RE OUT THERE.  KNOW  IT AND WATCH FOR IT.
MILLIE