“You are cautious and thoughtful. She is fun and a little bit impetuous. You temper her spontaneity. She makes you live a little bit. At work, it’... beautiful to watch. She has a wonderful eye for numbers. She can take a glance at the figures and have a pretty good idea of a company’s viability. You’re going to be good at making the deals and turning those companies around.”“I’m not really talking about the company,” Phil mentioned.“I know you’re not,” Beth said sympathetically. “I can’t really. “Sorry, Charlie; I appreciate the offer, but I have a lot to do. I’m probably going to have Marci pick me up a burger or something. I’ll take a rain check, okay?” “Not okay. You need to be out of here, and you need to tell old Charlie what’s got your dauber so down in the mud today; I’m tired of everyone asking me what’s wrong with you.” I was a little amazed that anyone – but especially Charlie – had noticed. I’d thought I’d been acting fairly normal. “Well, that’s just about at the bottom of. ” I continued, “Does Myia know that you think you are gay?”Brandon responded, “No I haven’t said anything to her. I am also afraid of how Tom will react when he knows. I am hoping you will tell them for me.”We fell silent for about two minutes as we sipped our drinks. Then Brandon laid his hand on my thigh, right next to my groin. Brandon took a deep breath and looked me straight in my eyes, “Ray, ... I want to have sex with you.”This caught me by surprise and I stammered, “B... Br... Brandon,. Now that sheknows she's staying in London, there's no reason for her not topropose... There's no reason for me not to either, for that matter.Come on, Sarah..."We should text Jamie and Charlotte as well!" Sarah says, withdrawingher empty hand from her handbag. "See if we can extort a 'going awayto uni' party from them for me, Katie and Lauren..." Might be tricky, I think that's around the same time as Jamie'sbirthday," I say. "Doesn't hurt to ask, though. Even though you're nottechnically going.