"So what do you want me to do?'' I asked her gravely. "I want a date from you without any prejudices. Let us pretend we don't know each other", she said. " You want a date from an engaged guy"?I teased her. "Not like that. It's helping me to remember everything", she said quickly. " I was kidding. You want a date. You got it", I said out loud. "If you want to talk to Annabeth it's fine. I don't want her thinking we are going behind her back", she said with less enthusiasm. " She is fine, don't worry. She didn't mind anything, I did. This marriage is much like the business I have to do. I'm not madly in love with her", I assured her. "Oh! Then who you are in love with", she inquired. " You want me to answer that"?, I countered. "No never mind. I didn't want to know. I sometimes don't know

