I really didn'thave to say anything but look pretty. Candice and I ate in perfect sync. We each left about a third of thesalad and half of our diet so...as. I could of finished it off myself, butI knew better. We all passed on dessert and coffee. It was almost 2:00pm. Since Gaye was here, the office was in effect closed. But theanswering machine was on call. Candice and Marc fought over the check,but in the end Marc won. As we left the table, Monica came up frombehind me and said, "Join us in the. I came back in 15 minutes, wearing a lab coat and to my joy, she was the only one in the lab. She was on the phone and motioned me to start the work. I chose the corner most table.She didn’t even come near me until at least 20 minutes and by that time, I thought she actually thought I wanted to work. (which she did when I asked her later ). Not able to control myself any longer, I asked her to come and show me a certain step.When she came, I just moved behind so that she had a bit of space to. ”She looked at me quietly for a couple of seconds and then “In all the time we have worked together I’ve never known you to join in when the rumors and gossip came out. I’ve got so much bottled up inside me that there are times when I think I’ll burst if I don’t let some of it out. I’m in a loveless, unemotional and complicated marriage with my husband threatening me with divorce and financial ruin if he doesn’t get his way in everything. Sex died between us years ago, my husband has a long. Just waited, much like waiting on an elevator door to open, never looking or really seeing the others around you.She actually got a bit pissed judging from the look in her eye but he just stood there like a statue. After she got out he continued with his shower. He did refrain from washing too good, he didn’t want one of them to come in and catch him this time. He didn’t want her think he was thinking of her while doing it. He would be though, normally he thought of just random bits and pieces.