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h. Laundry got done, the kitchen got cleaned, and we prepared to go out.
Margot met us at the front door, and I said that I would drive, so I
wouldn't be drinking any champagne that night. "Richard is out of the
country, as usual," Margot said. There was a sharp edge to the statement,
but didn't elaborate. The three of us went out to dinner and had drinks
at a pretty nice place. Victoria and Margot talked up a storm, and my wife
treated Margot like a big sister. I was happy to see Victoria relate so well
to a mortal female. By ten o'clock, however, I was positively bored, and
wished that Margot and Victoria weren't such close friends. "David?" Margot
asked, forcing my brain to turn itself back on. "Are you getting bored
listening to us?" I started to shake my head in denial when Margot added,
"Be honest."
"Yes," I admitted. "It's difficult sitting here listening to you and my
wife. Sometimes, I feel like a voyeur with some of the comments you two have
made."
"Victoria, it sounds to me like your husband has asked us to go dancing
tonight," Margot declared. A little champagne-happy, my wife concurred,
sealing my fate. I didn't have time to blink before I realized I'd been set
up and had. "David, yo
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