. and that the journey to work and the mundane repetitiveness of my day hold very little attraction for you. So what I'm going to do is skip all that ...nd leave you to imagine those bits, if you can be bothered, and really just cut to the chase. Now, this afternoon at about 2.30, I collected up all the bits andpieces of paperwork that I knew needed photocopying. Generally my job purpose seems to be to shuffle paper, and wherever you have anybody shuffling paper you can guarantee there is a fair. I ran over and threw my arms around him. I hugged him and said, “It’s settled. We’ll go get the rest of your stuff tomorrow.”Rob went to change and I told Andy to come downstairs, supper is ready. On his way out Rob asked, “Andy, do you play poker?”He shrugged and then replied, “Not very well.”Rob grinned and said, “Good, I seem to do much better when I’m not the only terrible player in the game. From what I’ve been told you’ve already been taking advantage of my poor, much abused wife. I doubt. Susan... the flowers... such a cute face... the way she would smile at me... smile with her eyes... such pretty eyes... so alive with her laughter... her eyes... her eyes..."The car continued down the road, mile after mile. A small spark of Jim's consciousness was quietly keeping the cruise-controlled car aligned with the super straight lane, but otherwise his mind was deep into a different reality, immersed in the one brief love affair of his life."So nice to help her... to care for her.... ” I asked her where the mam was. She said she had gone out and would come by night. She said,” You don’t worry. Till then I’ll be teaching you some basics.” As she was saying this she gave me wicked smile. She took me upstairs. She asked me if I had brought any books. I said no. Then she smiled and said,” You wont be needing it. I’ve something else where you can use your mighty pen.” I was confused because I hadn’t brought anything. We came in front of a closed door. She knocked on.