She gave a little wave too and I thought that her wave was super cute! I was already hooked and I wondered if maybe this is what love at first sight w...s all about! ‘We are in a bit of a rush Angela, but I am sure everyone can introduce themselves to you later.’ Bill was typically in a rush. Though a brilliant scientist, he couldn’t have organised a piss up in a brewery. He talked from topic to topic without any obvious connection or order between the topics, just rambling on as things came to. She brought her cousin over from Italy to see if we could make a match.”“Liliana?” My mouth got dry in a hurry. I gulped a bit of my whiskey.“Yes. It’s not going to work. Lily and I figured that out the first night I got home. She’s a fine woman but we don’t have a spark. At all. Still, Mother is trying to get us to go places together all the time. Would you mind ... uh ... sort of doing doubles with us? For a while? Until we can make sure Isabella and I get along?”So, Mama Cortelli was going. Mademoiselle, this is Captain Samantha. She owns twenty-five percent of this establishment.”“Sorry, Captain I did not know. Can I apologize by giving you a nice cunt licking, or maybe kiss your ass?”“No, just go sell. Sell a lot. Bert, what is this about owning part of this dump?”“Come into my office.” He says leading me to a room with enough gold lame on the walls, and furnishings to gild the Taj Mahal on old earth. It is so garish I feel nauseous. A huge desk and paintings of overripe women. My dreams that night were around revenge and I started planningher comeuppance. It was several weeks later that everything fell in place. It was rainingand she didn't come in until lunchtime because she was working late and alonethat evening. She had to take her turn even though she had tried hard to getout of it. She had just locked the office and was walking towards the bus stop whenI pulled up beside her, called her by name and offered a ride. I think shewas enjoying the walk in the rain.