Richard blames himself. (C)

Perl takes a shower and gets dress. Almost an hour has passed by when she is done 'cleaning herself up and has made it down to the kitchen'. Despite what he had just witnessed, Richard is still in love with Perl. When they met, she was the girl of the dreams, and he would be hard-pressed not to admit that was still the case even now. As a result, over the last hour, he found himself wondering what 'He' did wrong to cause her to cheat on him.

Richard "Perl, just tell me why. Everything I do is to give you and our children a better life, so what did I do wrong to make you want to cheat on me."

Perl looks at her husband as tears run down his face, and she answers, "That the problem. You're gone every week. You are so focused on giving us a better life that you are never around to live it with me or too satisfied my needs."

After forty-five minutes of going back and forth, Richard agrees to cut his travels down by half. They lived a happy life (at least Richard thought everyone one happy) until he caught Mr. Davidson once again with his wife in his bed.