Let Us Be Standby Lovers!

By Mario V. Farina

My company wanted me to learn conversational Spanish. Julie Webster was my tutor. We met for an hour at my home for an hour-long session each week. Inadvertently, we fell in love. This was not a good thing since both of us were married. Julie suggested we be standby lovers. At first, I was angered because I didn't know what that meant. She explained it to me. This story explains it to you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mario V. Farina
• Release date: Jul 24, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463210079

Mario V. Farina

Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor ([e-mail]).

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Let Us Be Standby Lovers!

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Mario V. Farina

Copyright 2018 Mario V. Farina

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Te amo, Julia! I said.

I didn't know how she would respond, so I waited patiently, my gaze riveted to her lips.

After a time that seemed forever, she said. barely above a whisper, " También, te