I'd never heard Sam swear and I never called her mother Barbie, well, once. I was stunned. "Can I get piercings?" My daughter asked between snuffs. That was when I made a unilateral decision to be single. Oh, that wasn't the plan, not even an idea. But it was the result. "Yes, baby. You can do that. It's not permanent." By now, Rex had managed to get an associate degree from the community college and had a job as assistant manager of a gym and a place of his own. I heard rumors that he was f*****g as many of the wives as he could, and I tried to suggest that was not a good idea. Rex told me to mind my own business. "Dad, it's good for the business. These broads love it. I get a little rough with them. You know, sweaty stinky s*x, hard and fast. Like you and mom." I was stunned. I was

