Most people haven't heard of Lovebombing. It is an essential part of this story, since lovebombing is how Alan quickly controls first Claire and then Brian. Lovebombing is "a proven dating technique where someone bombards a person with overwhelming levels of attention and approval. That person is made to feel loved by someone special in their lives. Lovebombers find out what the person craves and exploits this craving".
Lovebombers may
Shower the person with over the top, praises, compliments, romantic gestures and flattery
Know how to make the other person happy.
Create a "too good to be true" bond
Say they are in love too quickly
Get the person to plan a dream life with him/her/them
Give the person their undivided attention to make them feel special.
Send an overwhelming amount of texts, emails and phone calls; and
Make the person become dependent on them emotionally and/or socially.
NB Lovebombing scammers earn Β£millions each year from their victims.
She Loves Me And She Loves Him - Prequel One - Alan Becomes A Superman
Alan had made love to his wife twice the previous night. He had taken her doggy style and then they enjoyed missionary position sex. He had used a wetted finger and his tongue to stimulate her clitoris. She had a clitoral orgasm. They had a post-coital kiss and cuddle and fell asleep.
He woke to find she lay beside him a lifeless corpse. At first he couldn't believe that she was dead. She was under 50 and in good health. Now she was indeed dead.
He cried. He composed himself and phoned 911 to report the death. They instructed him to wait for a doctor and police to come to his house. Meanwhile he phoned her relations and then his relations. All were shocked at this unexpected tragedy. Many volunteered to come and help him. He could only accept 2 of the offers. He chose his mother in law and his father.
As his wife and he were regular churchgoers he phoned the minister. The Minister offered to call on him but he said that was not necessary at the moment. Alan thanked the minister for adding him to his daily prayer list. He also gave permission to publicise his wife's death in the weekly church notice sheet.
The autopsy revealed a heart attack had caused the death. Rationally, Alan accepted that it was a lump hitting her heart that took his beloved to her grave. Emotionally, he felt it was his lovemaking that caused her heart attack. It was not Mother Nature's fault, it was his lust that was the cause. He had killed his wife with his cock, his finger and his tongue.
Alan was a military officer and not given to displays of emotion. He looked down on "wishy washy" talk therapies. He avoided going to the doctor for medical aid. As a result the strain of thinking of himself as a "wife killer'' adversely affected him.
His attachment to his social bondings of Army, Church and the wider family network lessened. This was made worse when his father died.
His Army superiors noticed a change in him. He was less Armyish. He frequently spoke of resigning his commission. His fellow officers were sympathetic and recognised that it was his grief speaking.