" We're engaged."Sharon and Neil's faces broke into huge smiles but, instead of embracing Peter and Louise, they hugged each other."Told yer, di'n' I?..." crowed Sharon, her relapse into dialect indicating the depth of her emotions. She released Neil and hauled Louise into her arms."Oh, my pet. I'm so glad. I really, really am. I knew it would happen but didn't know when. Oh, Louise, my precious!" She hugged her tightly.Neil shook Peter warmly by the hand and clapped him on the shoulder.. I also had plenty of opportunities to get laid, but I wouldn't cheat on my wife even though she had obviously been cheating on me. I knew that I would eventually call her out on the kid, but I just wasn't ready right then. I don't know if I was waiting on a sign of some sort or what, but I did know that I wasn't going to raise some one else's kid and that I would confront Vickie before the kid came.I might have waited the whole nine months had I not got pissed off. My boss came up to me shortly. Yes there will be some streamlining. It’s inevitable I’m afraid.”“Will that be on a last in first out basis?”He smiled before answering. “I... I intend to keep people on merit and not on their length of service with the company, short or otherwise.”“Sorry to be so direct but Alan has only been with the company for six months. He was out of work for a year after his own business went bust,” she told him. “Not much of an advert for his business acumen I know but he does know his job and he is. We were all standing around one morning talking about what we were going to do once the bathrooms got locked. I had become quite popular on the beach as you can well imagine and I was really enjoying it a lot. Mike who was my self proclaimed teacher of all things sexual announce to everyone that we were lovers and I would be at his house most of the time but all his friends were more then welcome to come over anytime and I would be more than happy to take care of their every needs. This.