396 LINDA EXPLAINS HER REASONS

Joselyn and Bill drove down to the station where Linder was held in custody to visit her as planned. Joselyn was exhausted from all the terrific episodes she had been experiencing lately; Bill knew and had been there by her side, trying to give her the maximum emotional support she needed. He was also a victim in this drama that life had incorporated them into, but he was a man; men are known to be emotionally stronger than women and tend to take things more calmly and orderly, even if they are dying within. Bothered by the simultaneous negative turn of events, Bill reached out for Joselyn's folded hands overlapping each other as she looked worn-out in a state of depression, "Sweetheart, you are a strong woman; I know you'll pull through," he lovingly glared at her in a brief and refocused on driving with his left hand still holding the steering. "I hope, and I am trying to be as strong as I can even though I am obscured, not knowing when and where it will all end," she sounded like