‘Is this campsite ok?’ ‘I think so – I only arrived yesterday. I’ve come to do some walking, and it’s well situated for that. I was out al...l day.’ ‘You’ll go and cook?’ ‘No,’ he said. ‘I haven’t brought enough gear for that, just for a cup of tea in the morning. I was about to go to the pub. Would you like to come along? I’d love to have someone to talk to!’ She looked at him for a moment, and wondered if it would be within her comfort zone – she was rather wary of men, and she didn’t know this. With Julia, however, I had never intended it to get away from me to assail her and yet it had, suddenly and potentially disastrously.It was sheer luck that she’d accepted it and found pleasure as opposed to being alarmed and intimidated, but I knew it wasn’t something that I could allow to go unchecked; it could just as easily have frightened her and destroyed the fragile bond we’d begun to build and sent her back behind her wall. That was a thought that I found completely unacceptable.I fell. "So what kind of work do you do" I asked.Sipping her drink then answering she answered "I am the head of Human Resources for a big company headquartered downtown. How about you?" Oh I do nothing fancy I am a cable technician." I stated."That has to be an interesting field of work. I'm sure you've got a story or two to tell."Wow she was actually interested in my work; she just keeps getting better by the moment. "Yeah trust me I do. You ever seen the show Hoarders." Yeah ....... comes on A&E. That took me all the way till noon, which brought Conish into my office with more in-box shit, and Wanda with a classic smirk. I remarked that I needed lunch and Wanda walked in with an envelope and said, "You are expected at some executive restaurant a few blocks away for a one o'clock luncheon."I updated my PC screen and said, "It's not on my schedule." Wanda said, "It might be more of a personal nature, Sir. The lady said it was imperative that she speak with you and offered to buy lunch.".
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