You ought to hit that.
That
Yes that, you know what I’m
talking about.
Unfortunately I do though I suppose I may have a little more
respect for women
I respect them . .
. . You respect that
Whatever . .
. . Not makin any headway
with me boss
So . you’re not . . . pursuing . this
terribly attractive woman who . . who’s . hand’s down, obviously infatuated
with you?
No I know the difference between a marriage an a
happy marriage
Hows yours
Well . . we don’t have an open
marriage but we’ve been infatuated time to time. But I’m not talking about me.
Nor me
Eve asked we help with
their move Its wha we do an Im the best
you got Ive met her husband had dinner
with them They have a happy marriage .
.
.
. Until it isn’t.
She’s
dropdead gorgeous and nuts for you.
Its no matter not to say Im not attracted to her Shes
not going to jeopardise her marriage
She might if youd jeopardize
yours.
Really
AwJesus. I’m sorry.
Sorry Sorry doesnt cut it
People
move on except those it
happened to If you were sorry youd
apologise
I apologise. Forgive me.
Im not a churchgoer
I
accept your apology
Thank
you.
Moving forward
We landed this job an
Ill work with Eve so it goes off seamlessly in the manner she wants
Eve was distracting
they worked closely
she smelled greatlooked great
possessed all the attributes physicallyintellectually a man could want
he would want
they were going to move a long tall
ornate wall cupboard
he was able to shimmy it out into
the room enough to get behind it and unscrew the straps that stayed its top an bottom
together
as they broke for lunch she laid some
heavy drapes which hung from iron rings on the cupboards base she
thought she heard a THUNK
Did you hear that?
Excuse me
You hear a sound . . as I laid
the drapes down?
No I did not
Hmm.
returning from lunch returning to
the cupboard she asked a laborer to take the drapes and pack them in the boxes
labeled drapes in the livingroom
the laborer went to pick up a
sectionheavier than he thought something
had caught he pulled and when he pulled the top
of the cupboard tilted and followed an iron
ring fell between the pieces acted like a toggle it listed then toppled forward
she lunged for one sidehe the
other she lost her grip the laborer ducked he couldnt hold it by himself but
managed to lessen its impact as it went down pinning the two of them under it
they looked at each other through
its shelves
You
okay
I think so.
the laborer went off for some
help
Yare sure yare okay
I still think so. You?
Im fine
You’re fine?
Cant complainwouldnt trade places
with anyone on earth at this moment
Fine? You hit your head?
Heads fine Youll excuse me for saying so Im diggin the view
The view?
You
shifting his eyes to her breast An you the cupboard torqued her blouse open to one side baring her breast
she glanced down Oh
my God.
His wonders will never cease anthis
is as close to a miracle as Ill ever get
while he spoke she was able to
free her hand to pull her blouse closed
it wasnt obliging
Its on my side
I’ll give you my sid . .
.
. Yare
This isn’t funny . .
. . Its beautiful
Yare absolutely beautiful
she blushedkept
pulling
slooowly it relented
relenting as he chuckled softly and hummed
Heaven Im in Heaven
clad blushing fiercely she laughed too her mouth open
and began humming with him
when the laborers returned they were confused to find them humming and laughing they thought they were concussed
unIDd early
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