Choosing Her Lover

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And I think, that is that….

Until, at six pm, just as I am about finish for the day, Ben marches in again. “Come on,” he says. “I want you to come with me.”

“Come with you? Where?”

“Up to Mike’s place.”

“What? You want me to go there? What for? I barely know them.”

“Mike’s not at home. He’s working late. I want to catch James and Charlotte in the act, and I want a witness, so the bastard, and the bitch can’t deny it when I confront them.”

“Ben, you can’t do this. And haven’t you forgotten something? James Alexanders is my boss. I could lose my job…”

He stands, arms akimbo. “Fuck you, then. I’m going anyway. If you won’t come with me, I’ll go by myself. I’ll take a camera.”

Jeez…. I’d better go with him. See if I can stop him doing anything too stupid….

“Alright. I’ll come with you. Let me get my stuff and clear up my desk.”

you up at

get an answer. First James.… No reply…. Then Charlotte…. No reply…. Francis maybe?

it another go: “Ben, this isn’t right. You can’t just barge into someone else’s

he snorts. “What are you talking about? We’re discussing a man

think you

her to make a fool of my brother?” Then he turns

drives us out of the City and up the mountain. The views are amazing, but I can’t enjoy them, my stomach churning in anticipation of

by a spa hotel, ‘Life and Beauty’. It’s rather beautiful and very expensive

Ben. “But I don’t want them to see me arrive.

around to the rear and through gardens which are a mixture of well-kept and

mid-renovation, a mixture of old and new, dilapidated and restored. Standing over high meadows overlooking a lake, the position is incredible. In

Ben, pointing, “the

but he ignores

Oh, please be locked….

and the door

me on the threshold. “Are you

shake my

glowers at me. “I know where you stand,