Wednesday, continued . . .

Anna paused after reading out the article . "You can see that they did this in a rush . Poorly drafted but they wanted to make a point about the behaviour last night . "

"I cannot believe it was on the front page . The paper I had only had a short little piece, with the notation that more to come on their website and more than likely there will be more in their paper tomorrow" responded Phillipa .

"Same in the three paper I looked at," came Hou Yi's response . He paused "Then I am guessing the on-line world is savaging them for this . "

"Could not happen to a nicer couple," came Anna's sarcastic reply . Which provoked laughter from Hou Yi and Phillipa .

When they settled down, Phillipa observed Hou YI and Anna for a few of minutes while they were finis.h.i.+ng their brunch . They, kept stealing looks at each other, when they thought the other was not looking . As soon as they realised the other observed them watching them, they looked away .

Phillipa decided that she needed to talk to Hou Yi immediately, before talking to Anna, either with or without Hou Yi present .

"Anna, Yi . I would love to sit here and gossip about what is in the papers and on-line, but we have more important things to deal with today . Anna, I am sorry, but I have to go back on our original plans to handle matters, at least for today . I need to have a discussion with Yi firstly, and then a discussion with you . Then we can can come back together to talk . "

"OK Phillipa," said Anna, who was distracted by reading the various newspapers, and having a second cup of coffee .

"Come on Yi," said Phillipa, in a determined voice . Hou Yi realised that it was not worth arguing with his angry friend, so leaned over and kissed Anna on the cheek, before getting up and leaving with Phillipa .

As soon as they walked into his study and shut the door, Phillipa turned and angry spat out "What the f**k Yi . What in the world have you done?"

"I do not know what you mean Pip," said Hou YI sheepishly .

"Do not try and be cute . You completely ignored my advice from Monday . You simply need to be there to be a support to your wife, nothing more . She cannot cope now with any fears that you might leave her . She is fragile emotionally . "

"Pip…"

"And do not call me Pip, Yi . That does not get you out of anything . Be honest with me . I need that as I have to work with Anna carefully . They scared her so much last night . You did not see it, but before you got there she was physically shaking, trying to pull herself into the smallest target that she could possibly be . She was terrified that they were going to come after her again . "

"Phillipa, as you told me Monday, you do not need to know what goes on behind closed doors, so I am not telling you . "

"Yi do not test my patience . Tell me what happened once you left the theatre . I need the details if I am going to help your wife . "

"No you do not . "

"Yi" ground out Phillipa "You tell me now or you will have to find someone else to help you . Presently I am not your friend, I am the therapist trying to help you and your wife deal with the trauma in her past . I need to f**king know, and I need to f**king know now . "

Hou Yi realised that Phillipa was more than angry with him . As his friends in Australia would say she was p*ssed off with him . He knew that her threats were real, and for Anna's sake the last thing he wanted to to was jeopardise the help that Phillipa could give them . Anna, due to her work already knew about Phillipa's reputation, and was putting all her trust in her to do what they had asked her to do .

Hou Yi sighed . "Phillipa, when we got out into the car, she almost collapsed in shock . She wanted nothing other than staying in my arms as she felt safe there . She also quietly admitted that that was not the second time that he had been physically violent towards her . I knew better than to press her as to what he had done, but I got the impression that he a.s.saulted her and used physical violence to manipulate her into s*xual intercourse during their relations.h.i.+p . "

Hou Yi paused and realised that he did not want to say anything about what occurred when they arrived home . That was personal, and his most desired thing . No way did he want to tell any therapist about that, let alone his friend .

Phillipa was looking and Hou Yi and concluded that he was not telling her everything . "Yi, what happened when you got home . Do not say that it behind closed doors . You need to be honest . "

Phillipa looked across at Hou Yi who was blus.h.i.+ng . Immediately Phillipa confirmed to herself, that they had had s*xual intercourse, which she wished they had not . However she needed Hou Yi to confirm it to her .

Wednesday, continued . Anna paused after reading out the article . You can see that they did this in a rush . Poorly drafted but they wanted to make a point about the behaviour last night . I cannot believe it was on the front page . The paper I had only had a short little piece, with the notation that more to come on their website and more than likely there will be more in their paper tomorrow responded Phillipa . Same in the three paper I looked at, came Hou Yis response . He paused Then I am guessing the on-line world is savaging them for this . Could not happen to a nicer couple, came Annas sarcastic reply . Which provoked laughter from Hou Yi and Phillipa . When they settled down, Phillipa observed Hou YI and Anna for a few of minutes while they were finis.h.i.+ng their brunch . They, kept stealing looks at each other, when they thought the other was not looking . As soon as they realised the other observed them watching them, they looked away . Phillipa decided that she needed to talk to Hou Yi immediately, before talking to Anna, either with or without Hou Yi present . Anna, Yi . I would love to sit here and gossip about what is in the papers and on-line, but we have more important things to deal with today . Anna, I am sorry, but I have to go back on our original plans to handle matters, at least for today . I need to have a discussion with Yi firstly, and then a discussion with you . Then we can can come back together to talk . OK Phillipa, said Anna, who was distracted by reading the various newspapers, and having a second cup of coffee . Come on Yi, said Phillipa, in a determined voice . Hou Yi realised that it was not worth arguing with his angry friend, so leaned over and kissed Anna on the cheek, before getting up and leaving with Phillipa . As soon as they walked into his study and shut the door, Phillipa turned and angry spat out What the f**k Yi . What in the world have you done? I do not know what you mean Pip, said Hou YI sheepishly . Do not try and be cute . You completely ignored my advice from Monday . You simply need to be there to be a support to your wife, nothing more . She cannot cope now with any fears that you might leave her . She is fragile emotionally . Pip… And do not call me Pip, Yi . That does not get you out of anything . Be honest with me . I need that as I have to work with Anna carefully . They scared her so much last night . You did not see it, but before you got there she was physically shaking, trying to pull herself into the smallest target that she could possibly be . She was terrified that they were going to come after her again . Phillipa, as you told me Monday, you do not need to know what goes on behind closed doors, so I am not telling you . Yi do not test my patience . Tell me what happened once you left the theatre . I need the details if I am going to help your wife . . No you do not . Yi ground out Phillipa You tell me now or you will have to find someone else to help you . Presently I am not your friend, I am the therapist trying to help you and your wife deal with the trauma in her past . I need to f**king know, and I need to f**king know now . Hou Yi realised that Phillipa was more than angry with him . As his friends in Australia would say she was p*ssed off with him . He knew that her threats were real, and for Annas sake the last thing he wanted to to was jeopardise the help that Phillipa could give them . Anna, due to her work already knew about Phillipas reputation, and was putting all her trust in her to do what they had asked her to do . Hou Yi sighed . Phillipa, when we got out into the car, she almost collapsed in shock . She wanted nothing other than staying in my arms as she felt safe there . She also quietly admitted that that was not the second time that he had been physically violent towards her . I knew better than to press her as to what he had done, but I got the impression that he a.s.saulted her and used physical violence to manipulate her into s*xual intercourse during their relations.h.i.+p . Hou Yi paused and realised that he did not want to say anything about what occurred when they arrived home . That was personal, and his most desired thing . No way did he want to tell any therapist about that, let alone his friend . Phillipa was looking and Hou Yi and concluded that he was not telling her everything . Yi, what happened when you got home . Do not say that it behind closed doors . You need to be honest . Phillipa looked across at Hou Yi who was blus.h.i.+ng . Immediately Phillipa confirmed to herself, that they had had s*xual intercourse, which she wished they had not . However she needed Hou Yi to confirm it to her .