It means I wanted to, and I could, so I did it. I loved you, and I still did it. You wouldn’t do what I wanted, and Justine would. She seemed to lik...e it. But I probably would have done it with her even if you did like it. I like variety, too, and she was someone new. I always do that. Always! There were others while we were together, too. That’s what I mean.’ After a moment: ‘What am I? I don’t understand. Am I your mother confessor? Do you want my forgiveness?’ ‘No. I don’t expect you to. The girl gives him a puzzling look. Pam is my wife and I want to surprise her. The girl smiles and escorts him to the booth. He sits patiently as his server comes by. Hi can I start you off with a drink? He smiles just waiting for Pam to come over shes my wife the girl stated that the booth is not her station and all of her seats are taken. Damn he thinks to himself. Ok let me get a large coke and a dozen wings. The server walks off with his order as he watches his beautiful wife working. He. Ross pretended to speak to someone “Hi Bob… What right now… can’t it wait until tomorrow… for fuck sake mate… …ok be there in ten” he ended the fake call. “Listen… don’t you two fucking move… I’ll be about half an hour… and no fucking discussions about how to get out of this… there isn’t anything that you can do about it” He laughed making his way to the back door as if appearing to go get his bicycle from the garage. Once outside he slipped around the side of the house and squatted outside of. Yet the free men and women on its streets lived worse than slaves. More than a hundred thousand of them, by some accounts at least, couldn’t even afford to live on land. It was a disgrace. The only reason the Prince and his Lord-Merchants were so rich were these people. And these people must’ve known that. Without their work, the city would have no industry. The famous shipwrights would produce nothing, the weaver’s shops would close their doors, the ten thousand blacksmiths would cease arming.