‘Eh. Okay. She’s nice, though.’ I made a small noise of acknowledgment and tossed him the bag of chips. ‘Throw that in the cupboard, would you...?’ He did, and proceeded to kick off his shoes and join me on the couch. ‘Children of the Corn, huh?’ ‘Yep.’ Silence. Things weren’t usually this awkward between us. I was distinctly uncomfortable, and I could tell he was too. He blew a long sigh and stared at the cheap Dali print on our wall. After a long and awkward silence, he turned to me with a wary. In the event it was not necessary to worry, because the next afternoon, when they were still shut, the Director arrived and asked whether Tonio came often to the House of Joy."I didn't notice who was leaving when you arrived last night," replied Martha wishing the floor would open up and swallow her, "I hardly see unimportant customers." Get Li Kim here, now!" demanded the Director.When Li Kim arrived the Director waved her over to him and held one of her hands."Does that man come here often?". I'm really close. Really. And then I'm going to fall asleep. I want you to come inside me, and that isn't going to happen with you kneeling on the floor, so could you just get your lazy ass up here..." Lazy?" ... and fuck me?" Your wish..." Just..." I stood at the foot of the bed. "Oh. God. No fucking wonder!" What?" All that noise I heard." That wasn't me." No. You just caused it. So stop fucking around, and get on top."That was the end of the conversation. I crawled up between Zoe's legs,. I try not to be a male chauvinist pig but her body was good. We arrived in her office area which she shared with two others, a man and a woman.She introduced me as a member of the Sunday school class. I shook hands with both of them and we left moments later. As we were walking out, I said, “Do you like Chinese?”“Yes. I even cook it.”“Wow! Well, there is a pretty good Chinese buffet close. I thought I would take you there.”She smiled. “That sounds good.”We went to it and inside. We were seated.