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with strangers.
     
    Vicky says…
    And people creating separate profiles for their real life
and their life as a cheat :(
     
    Christos says…
    I think we can both relate to this problem, agapi mou.  I
can understand your motivation for this.  It’s like a way of trying to get over
what’s happened with Ian.  I still think it’s a bad idea though.
     
    Vicky says…
    Well, it will all be done online.  No meetings will
actually take place. 
     
    Vicky says…
    Are you still there?
     
    Christos says…
    Yeah.  Just having a weird flashback moment.
     
    Vicky says…
    Sorry.  Is talking about cheating bringing back memories?
     
    Christos says…
    Yeah.  Even when it’s in the past, it still hurts because
the memories are always there.  And they don’t stop hurting.
     
    Vicky says…
    :( *hugs*
     
    Christos says…
    Never mind, tell me more about this.  Whose pictures and
names are you going to use for the fake profiles?  And what will you call
yourselves?
     
    Vicky says…
    Well, we’re still trying to come up with a name for our
agency.  The names for the fake profiles we’ll make up.  I’ve been coming up
with some ideas using clients from work and mixing up their first and last
names.  We’ve got a small database of “characters” already.  As for pictures,
we’ll use our own.  Flic’s apparently had every hair colour under the sun in
the past and we’ll use wigs to change our appearance if we need a new picture.
     
    Christos says…
    This is sounding less and less faceless :/  And using the
names of the deceased???  That doesn’t sound right to me.
     
    Vicky says…
    It’ll be fine.  I’ll mix the names up.  And we won’t take
on men we know as clients.  Or even men from this area.
     
    Vicky says…
    Well, not after this first one.
     
    Christos says…
    Oh God.  Who are we talking about?
     
    Vicky says…
    You know my friend Scarlett?  She’s convinced her partner
Peter is a cheater, and because Flic has never met him we can use her photo.
     
    Christos says…
    Scarlett?  Oh no Blondie, this is a bad idea!  Isn’t she
the one who’s always in tears?  Doesn’t she claim to have once been married to
one of Prince Albert of Monaco’s official translators?
     
    Vicky says…
    She still is legally. 
     
    Christos says…
    Why does she think Peter’s cheating?
     
    Vicky says…
    He works as an investigative journalist.  He’s does
freelance work for national papers and spends a lot of time away from home. 
Last weekend a woman answered his phone.  He said it was a colleague, but
Scarlett doesn’t believe him.  He’s freelance.  He has no colleagues.
     
    Christos says…
    I can’t fathom why you’re getting involved in Scarlett’s
latest drama.  Aren’t you worried her step-kids will do something horrible to
YOU next?
     
    Vicky says…
    I can handle them.  They just take the piss out of her
because she’s so anxious and neurotic.  She’s an easy and amusing target.
     
    Christos says…
    What have they done this week?
     
    Vicky says…
    Put Veet in her shampoo bottle.  Her new wig is rather
lovely though, I have to admit.
     
    Christos says…
    *rolls eyes* Why is she still with this guy Peter when he’s
not sticking up for her and pulling them into line?
     
    Vicky says…
    She told me why a couple of months ago.  She said she’s
desperate for a baby of her own and she sees him as the sperm donor.  Once
she’s pregnant she says she’ll ditch him.
     
    Christos says…
    Might be a better idea to ditch him first and then find
someone to have a baby with.  Especially if she suspects he’s cheating.  And
the step-kids from hell will be in her life forever if she has a kid with him!
     
    Vicky says…
    Well, it’s up to her.  You and I can see it but she can’t. 
I know how hard it is bringing up a baby on your own.  I don’t know why she
would willingly do it.  At least I was able to move back in with my parents for
help.  She