His ‘senior’ engineers called the other two candidates over. I don’t know how they got a senior position by being in their early twenties.I got ...p and left the boardroom. It was my first time to be thrown out from an interview like that. I guess the Director didn’t like ethical developers to work for him. It was my realisation that he wanted a ‘yes-man’.On the way out I passed the current receptionist returning to her post. I noticed that she was visibly pregnant. We didn’t exchange any. They were happy for me. It wasn't often that I went on dates. I guess I just wasn't what the women were looking for.I even splurged and bought a sports jacket to look better. I wanted to look my best and try to impress Kelly. I called her and asked her where she wanted me to pick her up. She told me she would just meet me at the Olive Garden, that's where I told her we could go for dinner.I knew it would be expensive, but I was really trying here. I got there fifteen minutes early and waited. Rose sighed in what sounded like annoyance. She grabbed his elbow, just as she had before those awful words left her mouth, and stopped him. No one really noticed that the two were not with the class. “I’m sorry if I scared you… you know, if that’s why you won’t talk to me. But seriously, I don’t plan on doing anything about it. I just noticed that the hole was blocked and knew you were the only guy in the bathroom… honestly I liked it!” Michael stared at her for a minute, rubbing the. Join me for dinner at 6:30."I knew he had a private dining room but rarely dined alone and that frequently harem slaves had to sit under the table and orally service the guests while they ate. For some reason I had never been asked to perform this service under the king's table but I had several times at the boardroom table when the cabinet met. This thought was reinforced when Sapphire informed me that three of us slaves would attend the king that evening. By now I had become inured to.