‘It’s got to be something to do with close physical proximity for a reasonable length of time.’ But there had to be more to it than that. I had ...lso spent some time closeted with Brian (my boss: nothing much in the way of intelligence or drive, but a consummate office politician, hence his rapid rise) and Linda (the Personnel Officer: with the company since the dawn of time and due to retire shortly, tall, skinny, and efficient), but they had not behaved in any unusual way. Moreover, I was. You’d have really impressed him if you had known how to take over in my place without his help. I apologize for that.”Mike hadn’t thought about it, but Jerry was right. For quite a while he was trying to do two jobs when he could have trained Martin to do parts of his job. He had fallen into the same trap.Embarrassed, he said, “I didn’t think of it that way. I should have turned to Martin to help me out.”“Hey, it’s hard to remember you’re draining the swamp, when you’re up to your ass in. “We’re dating. He’s kind of hard to resist.”“I always thought ... I’m happy for you. I’ll see you.” She pushed her chair back and I looked at Kyle. He looked as panicked as I felt. We both reached out to catch her hands.“Aubrey...”“Would you like to go out with us this week?” Kyle finished.“We could go to the Cowboy Bar and Grill Wednesday night. That’s when they allow underaged kids in until ten,” I added.“We could pick you up early and go to dinner first.”“Or we could go to the arcade if. " he said moving to his room."K!" I said running to the bathroom as I started undressed and turned on the shower, the bathroom was amazingly clean, and I liked it. After some minutes, Kain came in and got with me under the shower."It've been some time...I missed you..."He said hugging me under the shower as our naked bodies touched eachother."I missed you too..." I said hugging him back, he simply sat on the floor as the water fell on his head and I sat on his lap kissing his lips."And I missed.