My mother's youngest brother Bob married right out of high school, around 1950. His wife, Allene Sullivan, told him she was pregnant, a lie, and he married her. From then on, until his divorce around 1963, she had an ongoing affair with one of the Lazarus brothers, who had several drycleaning businesses in Middletown. I remember Allene's mother fondly; she was a cook at Sherman School, where I went to kindergarten, and I used to see her when my class went to the cafeteria for a snack.