That bastard knew all the time. That little bastard set ... me ... up!Discreetly, he had made himself a regular at Martha’s while living up to his s...ory of being a minor author gathering background material for his next book. Someone had guessed who he was, but he had never claimed to be that person. He had continued to observe Matthews and his women when they had come into the restaurant but never sought them out or paid any more attention to them than anyone else did. That first time, when. ’ ‘Is that allowed in an open relationship?’ I asked, rhetorically. That question seemed to snap Zerzinski back into teacher mode. ‘It’s a common fallacy that poly-oriented people aren’t supposed to experience jealousy. Of course anyone can experience jealousy. The question is more one of what you do with those emotions, whether you let them take over or not. Which depends on to what degree you experience those emotions, and how capable you are of being mindful of them without letting them. "For the rest of the afternoon, Mike showed me how to use his computer, although I had used one at school, I needed to familiarise myself with his. Mike was very friendly and sometimes placed his hand around my waist as he showed me things, and I admit that sometimes I played up to his advances a little. Lisa often popped into the study and saw us together but never showed any signs of jealousy or concern over his behaviour.At about seven o'clock Lisa and Mike went to there room to get ready to. We were put up in a Hotel for the conference. After two days of long meetings we were getting ready to head back to our unit that evening Sharon asked if I would be offended if she ask me out for a drink or two, Now to put perspective on this I was an E7 and she was an E3. I told her it was probably not wise to be seen together in the club drinking, But I had a bottle in my room we could share. After dinner I had one more meeting that did not require Sharon's attendance, I gave her the key to.