Standing there she looked at me with a funny look on her kewpie doll face.“How bad do you want to win this bet? Because I have a brilliant idea but ... don’t think you’ll like it.”“I want to win all right, just to show Brent up. The money will just be an added bonus.”“If you follow my plan not only will you beat Brent but I almost guarantee that you can win at least one contest and some of them have a first prize of $500. But you would have to do as I say. I’m so confident that if you do it. “He has an apartment about ten blocks from here.”“No.” She shook her head. “He is further than that.”Kirk waited quietly, struggling with his unpracticed French to follow the conversation. Even if the translation was right in his head, the words didn’t make sense. He sighed.“Do you need me to drive you somewhere else or may I postpone the meeting until tomorrow?” he offered.“Go,” Maxim said with disgust.Kirk nodded. He swiftly turned and headed for the elevator. He felt, better, knowing Owen. Married for twenty four years...husband was a nice guy but inattentive to her needs...worked long hours etc....I kind of got the feeling she was attracted to me...the way she always seemed to smile when I would run into in the factory and she would always try to sit next to me at lunch or on break times...but I dismissed those thoughts from my mind...hell she was old enough to be my mother and she was married.... About three months after I started working there my 21st birthday was approaching. I couldn’t really feel anything except the tightness in my chest and the knot in my stomach.I wanted to wee. I was suddenly aware of the sensation and tried not to focus on it. Time had slowed down almost to a stop, everything seemed out of synch and still I stood there, shivering.I realized there was a shape in front of me and somebody speaking and I struggled to listen.It was Boy#1.To this day, I could not describe him despite his role in entire episode - white, I know that, I think bristly.