“Your wife, Diane has got rather thick around the waist over the past few years hasn’t she, Peter?” Lisa continued, as if she were drunk. “She used to be alright-looking though, back in the day. A bit plain, if you ask me, but not unattractive. But over the past few…
“Lisa, that sounds great. It really does. But I’m sorry, I can’t. I need to get to my wife and to my son,” Peter said looking down at his hands. To begin with, Lisa didn’t know what to say. “You are beautiful and any man would be lucky to be…
So he decided to be honest. “Yes, I am married,” he said, his defeat nearly sounding through his tone. “And we have one son,” he added, looking out for Lisa’s reaction. Lisa didn’t flinch, as if she already knew. “Ah that’s great! How old is he?” she asked excitedly. The…
After buying the drinks, Peter carried them over to the corner sofas that Lisa had settled in. On his way over, he looked at her, wondering how he could have missed her back at university. How did this gem slip the net? He placed the drinks on the table and…
Peter was not sure how to react to the news that he had just received. He was sitting in his car in the car park at the office, clutching his mobile phone. He looked out at the building that might as well have been a prison and let out a…