"Cherise is my middle name, but it's what everyone calls me. Now let's eat. I'm famished.," said Cherise, sliding in next to the attractive black.The ...aitress appeared and took their orders, Vivian still stunned at the revelation that the newest member of her committee was also the woman who had made sexual overtures toward her."The ... the mayor and commissioner think you'll make a great addition to the parks commission," said Vivian trying to avoid the broad smile on the face of the business. As she began to fill out the registration form I started up a conversation. "Hi, my name is Dick." "Hi Dick, I'm Rose." "Very pleased to meet you, Rose. I'm sorry I can't take you up on your very tempting offer, but I have commitments that I have to honor tonight. But I could keep you company for a little while. We could compare war stories, see who can tell the biggest lies, that sort of thing." "Sure, sounds good." She slipped the completed form into the slot and we remounted the bike. I mean, really live with, like husband and wife?”“No, I didn’t”“Well, just before her wedding, they had a reunion of some of her past friends, and someone - she says - had some photos of Lauren naked!”“Oh. That’s stupid!” she said, smiling as though he had made a joke. “I can’t believe it. It’s obviously a mistake, Maurice.”“Annemarie, where are these photos?” His eyes darted around the room as she responded, his face growing paler now as the facts began to mount and tip the scales from. " He turned back to the audience. "Does anyone want to take a guess?"The audience managed to look both blank and interested. He turned back to the board and started writing again. "1. You have to be lucky all the time. 2. The slave only has to be lucky once."The audience gave a laugh. He launched into his talk. "This is all about how you make sure that your slaves don't get lucky," he said, "and how you can make sure that you don't have to be quite as lucky as you might think."I left them to.