That day, we agreed to see each other in a park to run together. It was the first time we did this activity together. He was a regular jogger, and I was just beginning. On other occasions, we had seen each other in some remote parking lot, or in a movie theater, and not much else.
"How is everything?" he asked casually, while we ran under some trees, "all is well in the household?"
"Everything is all right."
He nodded.
"For me that's important," he said. "We must be careful, as you know."
"I know. I think the same way."
He nodded in appreciation.
While we ran in silence for a while, side by side, I noticed his bulge bouncing around in his shorts with every movement of his legs. Likewise, his face was flushed. He was not a man who distinguished himself by his features. He was rather common, of short stature. An ordinary man, if you would.
"How much time do you have?" he asked suddenly, looking at me in a strange way.
"Not much," I said, "maybe an hour or so."
"One hour is more than enough. We should be OK"
"What do you think if we go to your house?" he asked later, while we took a break.
"I don't think it's safe there. Neighbors."
"Just for a short time, if someone sees us, we are friends from work."
Nobody saw us when we entered my house. As expected, we did not talk much. There we were, two men alone in a house, on a Saturday, after a morning jog.