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Aug. 26th, 2009 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tinpraEven So
"Asked out on a date? You? Who by?"
Contessa looked up from program running on her laptop to the Skype application on her desktop. "Yes me, Richard. I'm only 30 years old. That's only ten years older than you are. I haven't quite been put out to pasture yet."
She could hear him spluttering on the other end. "I didn't mean--"
"Think before you speak...Just how deep of a hole are you trying to dig for yourself?"
There was silence on Richard's end. "Okay. Good point. So who's the guy? Do I know him?"
"He's a potential client, so I doubt highly that you know him."
She could hear the shrug in his voice when he said, "Maybe Bruce knows him, then."
Contessa frowned. "And why do we care if Bruce knows this client."
"Because this client is taking you out on a date and we are very protective of you."
"Ha! You may have an older brother complex, Richard, but I doubt Bruce feels the same. And, may I remind you, I'm ten years older than you are."
"Ye-ah, but when was the last time you were on a date?"
"Tell me, Richard, just how does your foot taste when it's that deep in your mouth?"
"Asked out on a date? You? Who by?"
Contessa looked up from program running on her laptop to the Skype application on her desktop. "Yes me, Richard. I'm only 30 years old. That's only ten years older than you are. I haven't quite been put out to pasture yet."
She could hear him spluttering on the other end. "I didn't mean--"
"Think before you speak...Just how deep of a hole are you trying to dig for yourself?"
There was silence on Richard's end. "Okay. Good point. So who's the guy? Do I know him?"
"He's a potential client, so I doubt highly that you know him."
She could hear the shrug in his voice when he said, "Maybe Bruce knows him, then."
Contessa frowned. "And why do we care if Bruce knows this client."
"Because this client is taking you out on a date and we are very protective of you."
"Ha! You may have an older brother complex, Richard, but I doubt Bruce feels the same. And, may I remind you, I'm ten years older than you are."
"Ye-ah, but when was the last time you were on a date?"
"Tell me, Richard, just how does your foot taste when it's that deep in your mouth?"