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The more I talked to Brenda, and the more she told me, the more convinced I became that there was no way in hell Mike had stopped being interested in her, even though she was convinced he had.

The more she told me about Mike, the more I felt I understood him, understood his point of view.

And one thing was obvious to me: Brenda was messing everything up, killing her own chances. Her possessive, dramatic, shrill pursuit and treatment of Mike was just too much for him, in his current weakened state, and I knew it. But he loved her, and wanted her, this I also knew, or thought I did.

I told her this, and explained it to her carefully, how her attitude and behavior were driving Mike away, even though he wanted to be with her, deep down. We talked about it, and I told her that if she would listen to me, take my advice, do what I suggested, she could turn the situation with Mmike around, and return it to the happy state it had previously enjoyed. Cockily, I told her I could, through her, "manuever" Mike into marrying her, if that's what she wanted. That's what she wanted...to be continued....