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Like Sherlock, I somehow instinctively knew never to reveal my methods.
    No matter what anybody tells you, relationships between men and women on this particular planet are anything but straightforward and forthright. A successful relationship is usually governed by forces ingrained from childhood that one or both parties often remain totally unaware of. One may be a born gold-digger looking forever for a free ride. One may be a caregiver, always looking for a bird with a broken wing. It’s not so important who the two people are: timing and what they are is usually what counts. That’s how the game is played and won. Sometimes, however, the bird with the broken wing heals up and beats you to death with it.
    I met my future ex-wife, Leila Marie, in anthropology class, on one of the rare occasions I attended. I cut a lot of classes and (I hope you won’t be disappointed) I also cribbed an exam now and then in the manner of Ted Kennedy at Harvard. After all, I was enrolled in a highly advanced liberal arts program at the time that was mainly distinguished by the fact that every student had some form or other of facial tic. Every student, that was, except Leila Marie.
    Leila Marie was a perky brunette with flashing green eyes who helped me write my monograph for anthropology: The Flathead Indians of Montana . Even with Leila Marie’s talented and efficient help, it soon became apparent that liberal arts was never intended to be my long suit. I didn’t want to become some stuffy professor helping students learn about the Flathead Indians of Montana. If they were burning with intellectual desire to find out about the Flathead Indians, they could damn well go to Montanaand study campfire shards. I needed a field that was more applicable to today’s world. A field in which I could help others, but also help myself. Meanwhile, the only field of study I seemed to be identifying with was Leila Marie.
    Not only did Leila Marie appear to have an infinite amount of income, but she was also very easy on the eyes and lips. On top of that, no pun intended, she seemed to be willing to do anything it took to see that I succeeded. As things transpired, it was going to take quite a bit. I had decided that I wanted to go to medical school. It was not going to be easy and it was not going to be cheap. That was where Leila Marie came in.
    I was always pretty strong when it came to the old gray matter department but I must confess I was not prepared for organic chemistry. Leila Marie had to practically walk me through that one. But somehow we managed. I came to rely upon her judgment, her hard work ethic, and, yes, her financial resources. But I worked hard, too. Leila just worked a little harder. She even took a waitress job on the side when medical school tuition loomed near. That meant a lot to me. Besides, I’ve always been a sucker for attractive waitresses.
    I didn’t get into the best medical school, but I did get into medical school and that’s what counts. In medical school, the guy who comes in last in his class is still called Doctor. We had to move to the island of Grenada and Leila Marie was beginning to appear a bit shopworn from working two jobs, but we looked to the future and somehow kept moving forward. I believed in myself and Leila Marie believed in me and sometimes that’s all that keeps you going. Fortunately, I could stand the sight of blood. Otherwise, I would’ve had to go to law school.
    Leila Marie and I got married about the time I realized I wasn’t going to be a brain surgeon. As long as I finished medicalschool and got my internship I didn’t really care what kind of doctor I’d become. Just as long as I didn’t have to make house calls. You had to be sort of ruthless about the whole thing or otherwise you wouldn’t get through. What was the point of saving the world if you couldn’t save yourself? So I became a proctologist. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, I figured. Besides, you have to work with so