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with Ben next Friday and then Saturday you get home early and get scrubbed up. I’ll get my Mum to have the kids, or I could ask Neen – she’ll owe me a favour for getting you to keep Ben out on Friday night but it’s about time they spent a night at Mum’s. Oh by the way, don’t take him home before midnight on Friday, Neen’s got some work people coming for drinks and she doesn’t want Ben ballsing it up for her. If you succeed in staying out until gone midnight with him I’ll give you the best Saturday night you’ve had since we moved in here, so make sure you’re ready and fit for action Mr. Fisher, all right?”
    “Sounds good to me, and keeping Ben out late on Friday night isn’t exactly difficult. I might have to let him beat me at pool a few times, but with what’s on offer on Saturday I don’t give a damn Mrs. Fisher.”
    “Both smiling broadly, they shook hands on the deal and for the first time in weeks Tim brushed his lips loosely across hers.”
    On Friday evening Melanie arrived next door early to help get things ready. She needn’t have bothered because Nina had taken the afternoon off. The always tidy house with its abstract paintings and minimalist style was pristine. Little dishes were brimming with tasty snacks of nuts and crisps and wriggly things and Nina was a perfect picture of radiance.
    “Neen you are so damned efficient, I find it irritatingly refreshing. Trouble is, it reminds me of the state I’m in.”
    “You’re not in a state, I’ve told you. You’re ten years at least away from all of that. You look lovelier than ever and now you’ve sorted things out with Tim it can only get better. I just envy you tomorrow night ... what have I got to look forward to when this lot go home tonight or tomorrow for that matter? The kids are at my Mum’s and my Saturday night will either be spent on my own, or, if I’m really unlucky, I might get to spend it with Ben, which is definitely the less attractive of the two options. You sure you wouldn’t like me to sort Tim out tomorrow night while you stay here and discuss job possibilities with Ben. After all I might be able to teach that husband of yours a few new tricks from my file of fantasies.”
    “No thanks, Neen, that’s one department where he doesn’t need any encouragement. I shall wake up Sunday morning with a hangover, dizzy from my sexual adventures with my lovely husband which will most likely last until breakfast. So eat your heart out Neen, I’m going to get high on life this weekend, at last.”
    One by one Nina’s colleagues arrived. They weren’t a bit like Melanie had expected. She’d imagined a load of legal eggheads in stuffy shirts and painted dolls pontificating endlessly about justice, but in fact they were quite the opposite. She found herself talking to people who were interested in her and in her work in the bank. Meeting Nina’s friends was turning out to be pure pleasure, the rare enjoyment of stimulating conversation, when she spent most evenings listening to the television. Nina dragged her away from a trio that were fascinating her with stories of some eccentric clients.
    “Mel, I want to introduce you to Ratty, remember I told you about him? He’s joined us to work on the Stellar Haufman account. Ratty this is Mel, my neighbour and my best friend. I want you to explain to her the kind of work I really do ... she thinks I get people off parking tickets don’t you Mel? While you’re doing that I’ll go and top you both up.”
    Mel’s complexion jumped two shades of pink in as many seconds.
    “Sorry Ratty ... is it all right to call you that? I don’t mean to be rude or anything. This is typical of Nina, she throws me into conversation with people I don’t know and then I’m stuck for anything to say ... well anything intelligent that is.”
    Mel knew she was uttering gibberish but her foot was firmly stuck in her mouth. Standing in front of this beautiful man she felt humble. Eventually