”“Okay, but don’t forget, you ever need flowers sent or anything like that, I’m happy to organize them.”“That’s real kind of you. Thanks... I’ll keep that in mind. Okay, what have you got for me this afternoon? You aren’t going to ruin March for me already?”“No, boss, all going smoothly at the moment, looking good.”We grinned at each other. She’d introduced me to a saying that whenever you see a swan gliding serenely across a still lake, actually there are two legs hidden underneath the water,. “Well,” Justine replied. “I searched high and low for something perfect to give you on our date. And I found it. No man would do that for you. Or for me.” With that, Justine handed me an all-white box about two feet long and about a foot wide. “It took me about four hours of hard shopping, but I think this is going to look PERFECT on you!” Justine smiled and gushed. I opened the box, and inside was the most beautiful, sexiest red and pink lingerie I had ever seen. It was far beyond anything I. Even then she had been obnoxious. Yet somehow, despite Bryan's attempts to shake her, the woman had somehow weaseled herself into Bryan's life in such a manner that he had found himself standing at the altar putting a ring on her left hand.From that point forward, obnoxious would have been a nice reprieve. Though she had never been diagnosed, Bryan believed that she suffered from some sort of mental or psychological issue. She tended to try and drag people down below her, a common trait. For upkeep of flat and for cooking purposes we used different maids at various times. None stayed with us for longer than 2-months for problems on their side and not ours. We were paying well and we were very, very decent type. Maids could not possibly ask for more. That said, all maids came from slums and they were so downtrodden that they could not ever be sex objects in any shape or form. Some were better than others in terms of cooking and cleaning skills.This time around I was struggling.