" The girl's'll love it," I told him. "Sideways is this year's style. Any more a'your lot outside?"He looked at his officer who shook his head. I pull...d his short sword from its scabbard and broke it under my foot. "Would you like to swallow this?" I asked the young lieutenant, poking him in the neck with the shattered end of his blade. He shook his head. "You tell me then." There are four men out there, waiting, and they'll be here shortly if we do not emerge." He said in a rather choked voice. ”“Do we have a consensus?” I asked. “If so, then I’ll talk to Mario and John on Monday.”There were nods all around.“What about an announcement?” Elyse asked.“Saying anything to either the Peach staff or ours will only lead to crazy speculation because I can’t say much until after my trip to Pittsburgh.”“Some of the people here in Atlanta know you, right?”I nodded, “The three former Lone Star software engineers. The question is, do they know anyone at NIKA besides Skye? And would they call Skye?. ”Janice looked at her son. At fifteen he stood five feet ten tall and broad shouldered. Not film-star good looking but a pleasant appearance but with a smile which lit up his face. His eyes, a dark blue, sparkled. She was very proud of her son. She often wished that she’d married his father instead of her ex-husband. Ex because of Tom’s birth. It had been a mad fling at work and Tom was the consequence. Mike had assumed the boy was his and she was not honestly sure which man had. I turned my purse over to Geoff. What did he want tosee? My lipstick? I giggled and handed it over."Such a girl, Amanda! Lipstick, blush, perfume and mascara. Oh, and atampon I see. That time of the month eh? Oh dear, what is this? A usb?120 gig, now that is awfully large. Is it yours, Amanda?" Uh ya I guess so, but it's from my other work. I guess Karen threw itin to make it look like a typical woman's purse."The judges of the womanless contest even looked inside and told me ithelped to give.