Uh... , uh, ... my wife, she told me she was unhappy with her life and maybe she would move out." Barber answered putting his fingers to his temples a...d drawing them down and over his chin."Joe, let me be blunt with you. Have you seen the way she flirts around with other men? She wants you to get jealous and take her home and show her how much you love her, and to tell you the truth, the way you take her for granted wouldn't sit with any woman. Joe, she's an extremely sexy and attractive woman. Our equivalent of insects did live under water. “Why are you keeping bales of rotting fur? I asked. This stuff smells worse than death.”“They weren’t rotting when I put them here. Most of these things were gifts or bribes of clan Leaders to train their sons. I did train a few girls too by the way!”“You trained girls in passing the Ancient Challenge?”“Yes and it might surprise you but anyone can take that challenge. Man woman, Low man, Off-Worlder; the Book of Traditions does not stipulate in. “It,s Everything Personal! I,m no relation to,your father yet I pay for what he did to you! I have two young k**s to support and a big mortgage so how do I pay for them?” “You,ll get three months wages in lieu of notice and your holiday pay to help till you find something else!” The smarmy snake went on. I took my identity card off and locker key on to his desk loudly without saying a word. The bastard called in my supervisor and made him watch me as I cleared out my things from my locker. All. I wanted to tell them. I wanted to tell them what I had found out and why I wasn't my normal life of the party self. "Just tired," I lied. "You guys carry on. You should show Gregg the halfpipe. I am sure he will like it." Okay," Mike said, "If you are sure that…" Yeah," I said as all my boys surrounded me. "I am good, trust me." Okay," Craig said. "Give us a call, if anything." Absolutely," I nodded as they all took off for the halfpipe."You just can't…" Tony said as he looked at me."Shut up!".