Still on Newman's POV

Sasha began making demands on me. As you did, she insisted she wanted a family.
She wanted better roles. She became whiny and unreasonable.
The cute accent now grated on my nerves.
She was shrill and unappreciative of everything I had ever done for her.
I tried to be patient with her, but the woman was emotionally unstable and fragile.
I had to remind her that I’m the one that made her famous.
When I didn’t give into any of her demands, she began to retaliate by showing up late to her films, shamelessly coming on to any male that crossed our path, and purposely going to interviews stoned out of her mind.
I had to start asserting my authority over her. She made me do it, Mary!
It seemed a firm hand is what she needed. I tried being kind, but we had so much at stake.
She was deliberately trying to sabotage me.
It didn’t help that Remy and her other friends only saw her side of it. They were telling her to leave me.
She started threatening she would do just that.
I know she was only testing me to see if I would truly go after her.
I grew weary of her head games and insecurities.




Luckily, she started alienating everyone around her.
Remy even ended his association with her over the drug use.
However; nothing she did seemed to mar her image with the general public.
I broke my neck trying to keep everyone paid off. Anything really harmful was left out of the tabloids.
In desperation, I agreed we could start a family. I truly tried to make a fresh start with her.
I thought everything was going well and settling down again, when she suddenly ran away from me!
It took almost a year to find that b****. I had to use all my available resources to track her down.


I even had to pull my man off your case.
I had been informed that you and the innkeeper were trying to start your own family.
You weren’t having much success with it.
It’s apparent that you found out why you were having such trouble, because by the time I was able to give you my full undivided attention you had your Lanie.


I couldn’t keep the fact that my wife left me from the tabloids.
There was a lot of speculation as to why Sasha left me.
I got painted as some sort of sleasebag. There were many people all too willing to gossip to the press about me.
I hoped Remy might know where Sasha was, but I could tell he was being truthful when he asserted he had no clue. He was every bit as worried as I was.
As you remember, I finally tracked the witch down in the Hawthorne neighborhood.
She was living in a cheap flea bitten motel.
The place was little more than a haven for drug addicts.
It made headlines that she was found in a near overdosed state.


Sasha did do me the favor by holding a press conference when she was well enough.
She claimed that her problem with drugs had nothing to do with me. She insisted I was a kind, patient husband.
She also publically apologised for any pain and worry she’d caused me and her fans.
I thought her career was over, but the public embraced her.
You wouldn’t believe the letters and cards of encouragement the woman received.
Fairchild Studios was going to end their contract with us, but the fans from every neighborhood in SimCity staged a sit in right on the front lot. It was amazing actually.
Instead Fairchild Studios extended the contract and gave her a second chance.
I had to hand it to her, Sasha knew how to play people.
She became even more popular than before.
Nothing except perhaps dope, meant more to her than her career.


When out in the public eye we were a devoted couple, behind the glare of the cameras and press, it was a different story. It was over as far as I was concerned.
You’re giving me that look again!
I could forgive her for making a fool of herself and even for running away...It’s what she did while she was gone.
It was unforgivable...I could never forget.
When it finally dawned on Sasha we were through, she began to unravel. She once again started doing things to get my attention. I wouldn’t give her a divorce, but I did move out of the house.
I reminded her that without a loving husband holding her hand in public, she would come across as a stupid skank instead of a fallen saint.
I couldn’t stand to look at her any longer.




I also believe Sasha actually killed herself with the full intention of making it look like I’d done it.
I almost went to jail for a crime I didn’t commit!
That’s why I had to see you...I really didn’t expect you’d leave that old innkeeper.
I just needed to be near you and to feel that peace that you give me.
I should have known too that your Lanie couldn’t have been adopted.
She’s certainly you and Remy all over again.
She has that feisty Mansfield spirit the whole lot of you did.
I think I still have scars on my hands where she bit me with those sharp little teeth.’


‘For the record, you’re old man didn’t chase me off...I was going to leave anyway. He didn’t scare me.
I knew I had only to give the word and he’d be snuffed out like a candle.
I’ve often wondered why I continued to spare him.
Perhaps, it was because I never saw him as a serious threat to me.
It couldn’t have been exciting being with him.
Perhaps, because I really couldn’t picture it, I could live with you being married to someone else.
Maybe, just maybe...I know what a monster I can be and as much as I hated you for leaving...I loved you too much to hurt you anymore.’


‘There were others after Sasha, but none of those relationships lasted very long.
When I got news of your car accident...I wanted to die too.
I locked myself up in here and refused to come out.
I’m afraid that ended my last marriage.
At least Doris was kind enough to call my shrink before she walked out on me.
I even dreamed that you were standing over me...I saw Edward and Elaine as well.
Then again they haunt my dreams...I see them every where.
I should have flown out to Vacation Island and been there for Remy, but he’d have only rejected me.
He will never have any clue how much I grieved.'


'Remy and I really didn’t have much to do with the other socially until Helen’s wedding.
The little dren started right in on me too. He even warned me to stay away from Helen.
That brings me to why I came in here, before we got caught up in the past.
I have news to share with you about Helen!’


Coming Next: Newman's plans for Helen (At last!)