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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

218 wivesbehavingbadly

. "i'm so very sorry , minty . it must be quite dreadful ."
i managed to smile ." so dreadful that i need diversion . please tell me what you've been doing ."
she needed no second invitation  . within five minutes , i had been acquainted with every shudder and sigh that made up her affair with chris sharpe .he was , i was reliable informed , the most talented man since einstein , and fantastic in the sack . chris had such ambitions for paradox , and vision that stretched far into the future of the industry and the changes that were likely to take place ." he says that people will compose their own television viewing programs in he not too distant fiture...." her voice dipped , swooped , grew dreamy as she released one detail after another . she said things like ." to think i could so easily not have met him ."  and , " dop you think he's good looking ?" listenning to outpourings of former cool urban things did exist .
"is he nice to you , deb ?"
"oh , sure , sure . but he doesn't want absolute commitment at the moment . and that 's how we're playing it . " deb reached over and flicked on my screen ." he's organizing new software ."she fiddled with the keyboard ." it might mean that i i have to look for a new job because it's not sensible for us both to work for the same setup ."
alarm bells clanged ." ang on , deb .why should you leave ? you like the job , and you've earned your place here ."
but i could see that that whatever i said would make no difference ." tell me about the projects ."
a suggestion of worry traced itself across her glowing features . " that's s bit of a story . i'm afraid we had a clear out . after you went off . chris and barry have been talking hard about trends .

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