House exhaled deeply. "He only promises because he knows I need to hear it. I should know, I should know by now... he's been divorced three times, for christ's sake. I don't know why I thought I would be any different, why I thought I would be enough, asshole cripples can't compete with nubile young boys..."

He entwined his fingers through hers. "Twice this has happened since we've been here. The first time, I nearly killed myself overdosing on cocaine. The second, I nearly fucked a young man myself."