I just know it was ugly."Jahn patted her shoulder awkwardly as she went on, but she pulled back to look up at him. "Also, you need to know – he's ra...ist. Not like the watered down stuff you hear about on the news, but like out of the old days." Sheets and slurs and crosses a'burn, he thought. Likely not KKK around here but there were plenty of supremacist organizations to catering that party. Fuck. Jahn had a long history of antagonizing bigots online; he'd have to moderate his instinct for. "I don't like getting hurt, but exceptfor that, I'm pretty much game for anything." He shrugged. "But I meant whatI said. Just some company would be fine. I understand you might want more,of course. That's cool too." "You on the outs with your lover or something?" James shook his head. "I don't have anybody serious right now. Truth is, I haven't in a while.Which, I guess, is why the four walls up and got to me tonight. I could havegone to a club, but I'm turned off clubs at the moment. I. Calling him a "kid"? Who the fuck does this fucking whore think she is?"Very well, this is going to stop," Darien abruptly intervenes, his tone chilling the entire room. "Philip, Ruth, and all the other programmers, please exit the room."Philip is about to protest when Ruth grabs his arm and forcibly pulls him out of the meeting room. The programmers follow them both, their heads down and their mouths shut.Twenty minutes later, Philip and Ruth meet in the hall for a coffee."Damn, Ruth. I ... I. We got married as soon as she confirmed she was pregnant and moved into a 2 bed flat and I provided for them all working long hours to make ends meet. I asked the wife if she never regreted getting pregnant she said no but would of liked to wait a few years, to try things out, I had to admit she was a prude in bed and not a huge sex drive, maybe a shag once a month with a few handjobs.I on the other hand would of fucked her twice a night maybe more if I got the chance and had often jacked off.