had never been challenged before. >> a reporter with the fayetteville observer. >> she was strong and intelligent and exciting for him. >> but was he enough for her? apparently not, because after three months on her own, michelle went back to marty. >> she felt that the marriage could survive despite everything that had happened. that they could make it. >> so john and michelle's six month affair seemed to be off, but then a few weeks later it was apparently back on. the two traveled to the tropical island of saba where michelle interviewed for a job at a local university. and later that fall a romantic rendezvous where they celebrated michelle's 30th birthday, but michelle as she would later toll the psychologist insisted it was just a relapse. >> i knew that i loved marty and i knew that i wanted to make it work in my heart.