in the interests of being civilised
The conversation we were going to have never materialised and from that night I knew that the civilised approach was wrong. In fact, Emily's reaction to him was so profound that she didn't even look at me as he took her upstairs for the night.
My Wife and her new Lover made many regular trips upstairs over the next few months but I still did not know his name. One afternoon I plucked up the courage to walk into our bedroom and ask, in the interests of being civilised, "What is your Boyfriend's name?". Emily looked up from her Lover and told me everything I needed to know.






