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I still don't know whether that was a good thing or not. I wonder, if I'd just cooperated with the police to begin with, would they have simply ruled it an accidental shooting and gone on with their business? Drunk Nude Mom Was it the fact that I clammed up and got a lawyer over there within the hour that made them dig deeper? Who knows? I can only say that it was the beginning of nearly six months of hell.
Even though I knew objectively that I'd done nothing wrong and that Ben could have identified himself when he heard me cock the gun, I still carried a ton of personal guilt over his death. It was common knowledge among family and friends that Ben and I didn't have the ideal marriage. Drunk Nude Mom We fought regularly and usually over the smallest of things. When it was revealed that Ben hadn't gone to work that night and had, in fact, spent the night with his girlfriend, I was accused of having killed him in a jealous rage. Never mind the fact that it's pretty hard to be jealous when you don't know your spouse is stepping out on you. And the fact that I was the one who had arranged for us to see a marriage counselor weighed only marginally in my favor. Drunk Nude Mom In the end, I was completely exonerated but an emotional wreck. Surprisingly enough, it was Ben's oldest sister who came to my aid and suggested that I just get away for a while.
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