Yes, I do have permission to do this. Firing now! One week before 'Infidelity' is the setting of this story. This doesn't contain the G-word
Go on, and close the curtains
"Cybil… can you close the curtains?" said Greg, hiding a bottle of wine behind his back.
'Cos all we need is candlelight
He lit a candle with a lighter he kept in the cutlery drawer.
You and me and a bottle of wine
He took the bottle from behind his back and showed it to her. "Come here, Max," said Greg, cooing at his nearly-one-year-old son.
Well we know, I'm going away
And how I wish, I wish it weren't so
Greg looked into those eyes he remembered from high school. "Cybil… there's this symposium in Japan I have to go to… there's been an outbreak of 'it' and we need to know how to treat it. I mean, what if little Max here gets infected?"
"Go on, but, what's with the wine and candles?"
So take this wine, and drink with me
"Put little Maxy to bed," he said, running his fingers though Max's wispy baby hair. "We'll have this," he said, holding up the bottle.
Let's delay our misery
Greg and Cybil sat down on the sofa as Max made his way to bed
And save tonight
Fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
Tomorrow I'll be gone
Save tonight
As Greg and Cybil went to bed, Cybil got a call.
"Oh, hi Victor… Yeah, Max would like to see you too… Oh, but, Greg… I… shouldn't but… oh, okay.
I leave what Victor said to your imaginations…