I am totally fine if you say decline because…”I instantly sprang in to continue, “Jude, it’s alright. If Mary wants to meet you, it’s totall... fine. She has the freedom to see whomever she likes. I have no problem with that. By the way, is she aware that you are in Shenzhen?”“No… Not at all. I haven’t met her yet. She has no idea that I am here. I wanted to know how you felt about it, and if you are uncomfortable, I would avoid meeting her.”So, the ex-boyfriend of my fiancé was asking me if I. His friend Ralph watched, egging him on with appropriateenthusiasm or commiseration as befitted each particular situation. Inthe background, one could hear the strains of Michael Jackson's "BeatIt" from the arcade's speakers as Alan grew closer and closer to gettingonto this machine's Top 10 list for his favorite video game, "Metroid."Daily, Alan blessed Atari for creating it. Daily, he manuevered the(admittedly low-resolution) armored form of Samus Aran as he kicked hisenemy all over the. One man caught my attention as he looked so out of place his name was frank he was the husband of Jenny who headed up the accounts department, she was older than me and had abandoned frank to speak to a pair of young men in the kitchen, Frank it turned out having been made redundant from a bank and was now a “kept man” as it was only Jenny’s income that kept them afloat to which he was constantly reminded or so he told me, I was still chatting to him when Jenny came up and told him to “pop off. "Hello?" Beth? Jesus... Beth? It's so good to hear your voice. I thought... well, it doesn't matter. How are you?" Andy asked. Even with the faltering, he sounded strong, confident. Same old Andy. Same tingle starting between my legs."I'm fine, Andy. It's... good to hear you too." I paused. "Look, this isn't a good idea. For either of us. We're too different and you're there and I'm here and that's where we belong. On the boat, well... that was on the boat." Beth. Just listen to me. I'm not.