”“I guess that is part of growing old,” Jack said.Dave shook his head and said, “No. It was the change in times. Television became more import...nt than people. Jobs seemed to take more time out of the day. We were all rushing to save money for retirement without thinking what it would mean to retire without friends.”“I didn’t think of it like that,” Jack said.“When Gail’s husband died, I remember thinking that it was a tragedy that a woman was a widow so young. After the funeral, I went home and. She smiled up at me and I noticed her face had grown up a little too. Her chubby cheeks were starting to even out and her jawline had become more defined. The movie played on and Rosie somehow wrapped herself around my legs and Amber went from sitting next to me to leaning on me to laying her head in my lap. The movie they picked was a chick flick drama but it had a couple of scenes in it that were pretty sexy. One scene was a lovemaking scene and the girl was riding the guy and grinding down. ”She chuckled, “Amazing what you find in Pusan these days, isn’t it?”They laughed and went to check in at a much less ornate hotel than she was used to, then they went to dinner. Afterwards, she agreed to Larry’s proposed blast from his international college student past and they bought two bottles of cheap soju and two cans of Demisoda and went to drink in the dusk by the cliffs. After an hour of banter that deepened into a mutual seduction by tentative steps, he said, “Please spend the night. “I want to arrange a meeting with him anyway. I need to talk to him about taking things forward with you.”Helen laughed. “Taking things forward, hey?”“Otherwise known as fucking you,” he told her pointedly. “I want you to spend a weekend with you.”“Hmmm, a whole weekend of fucking,” she purred. “With Ian watching?”“No,” Larry told her. “Just me and you in the hotel. I was hoping the weekend after next would be okay.”Larry heard water splashing.“What was that?”“Me just moving in my bath,” she.
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