Our nest was empty.My wife, Bonnie, had compensated for this by concentrating more on her job. She worked for an advertising firm and had climbed her ...ay up to a good position, and the responsibility that came with it.I sold cement. There were times when it wasn't that great a job, but construction was booming and there was a shortage of the stuff. My company could guarantee delivery, but it was expensive. Suddenly I was shitting in high clover! I was able to sell almost all I was allotted for. Won’t it be difficult with Sharon there?”“It’ll be fine, and she deserves it”“OK, what time”We agreed a time, and I got dressed and headed home to explain that I’d got the electric back on, but that Jennifer’s cooker was not working as it was causing the circuit to blow. I told Sharon that I’d invited Jennifer to join us for dinner. She had no problem with that (it meant I wouldn’t question her about that mark again I suppose) and set about planning what she was going to cook.At 6 p.m. the. That’s where I met Alan, we bumped into each other – literally – at the supermarket, and, well, we’ve been married for over three years. You?”“Well, I bought the house I was renting in Lane Cove, and that first summer, we were doing a lot of work to get it back into shape. A few of us were removing a huge jungle of lantana against the back fence, and after we pulled a lot of it out, the fence collapsed. Well, that was where Lisa was living, I went down to apologize to the owners, and Lisa was. He set the glass down and leftas if it was the most natural thing in the world. He went to bed at his usual time. The two lovers' were still inthe living room and he didn't care. He was sleeping when somethingwoke him up. It was a noise from Sarah's room. She was shrieking,like he heard once when they had made love. He rolled over and wentback to sleep. The next morning he was up early and had two cups of coffeebefore Sarah called. He went to her, and she told him to make fourpieces of jelly.