I know I'll get slated for this but I broke the Code of Conduct myself last week
I haven't seen him for the last 18 months. There's been no word at all. Last time I spoke to him he phoned me he said I'll see you in a couple of weeks and then nothing.
He's always been a favourite and I've agonised whether to drop him a text for quite some time now. But this week, on the night of the full moon, I finally caved in.
I said, Hi, hope you're well. It's been a while.
I was convinced he would have deleted my number and I thought if I was to get a response at all it would be along the lines of who are you?
I sent the forbidden text at lunchtime and at 17.30 he answers with, I'm alright thanks. Hope you are too, I'll give you a ring soon if that's okay.
Well, I wasn't sure whether he actually would or not but the following day he did and we had a nice chat. It was so good to talk to him again. He's always been a client to ring fairly last minute but I thought he would say I'll see you soon in a few weeks etc.
Turns out he had a day off that day and he wanted to see me then if I wasn't busy. So 15 minutes later he was on my doorstep and a fantastic time ensued.
Moral of the story is this situation is always risky but in this case it worked out well for both parties