It just... happened. I had had too many beers I think. I was determined to be a virgin on my wedding-night." That wasn't to be, but it was a nice nigh...t anyway," I had to say.Angie looked at me and blew me a kiss."How about you, Natalie? When did you loose yours?" It was to a boyfriend I had just before I met Fred. He was down because I was going away to university and he had to stay home. I guess I felt sorry for him, no I think I felt sorry for us." So your one up on me then, aren't you." What. I had been briefed in hurriedly on what the current tactical situation was: Eileen was holed up around the gateway on the after-world's end. Demons and literally all hell's kinds of things kept coming at her and a few hand-picked men and women, wave after wave, again and again. More and more personnel was being stacked on this end of the gateway as well, fighting off Falconi and his own mob, a mix of a few summoned demons, wild monsters, and unscrupulous men. They were trying to get to Eileen. The next morning I started to clean the duplex especially the kitchen and living room. As I did, Jimmy started asking me if I was having some girls come over. As I explained to him a co-worker was coming over named Derrick, Jimmy instantly started teasing me that I was cleaning for my new boyfriend.Around noon, Derrick came over to eat and watch the game. I tried my best to not be flirty and just talk to Derrick. This was hard to accomplish due to every time Derrick provided me an opportunity. ’ ‘So did I.’ ‘Pardon me?’ ‘I wasn’t always a golden boy, Bill. I spent almost ten years as a grave digger. One day I got an assignment and I didn’t think the unit should be killed. I fought for it, they gave me a completely unrealistic time frame to turn it around and a pretty free reign. I orchestrated a leveraged buyout and the rest is history. How soon can you get up here?’ ‘For a chat or permanently?’ ‘Both.’ ‘I can probably be there for a chat by the end of the day, I have a couple of.
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