.. After immigration, collecting my bags, I caught a cab and we set off into the bustling Shanghai traffic, and I gazed out at the massive city state,...its endless series of structures that were so alive, all glowing and glimmering, flashing their night colors.My driver’s bouffant hair bobbed in the bumpy ride. He leaned back and asked me directions and I told him I’d never been to Shanghai, didn’t know where my hotel was, aside from its name, location on GPS.He cursed in a local Shanghai. If they wanted to waste time, that wastheir call, but they were going to feel pretty stupid when theyrealized their mistake.The lights dimmed to accommodate the holo screen which was showing thelogo of the Reassignments Center and the Government AssignmentsDepartment. This faded to the image of the generic female form wearingthe light purple hospital gown. Ethan recognized it as the same imageused to call them to the front, back at the room they had just left.The rotating image had cartoonish. As we walked in and glanced round we noticed two guys standing in a quiet corner at the end of the bar it was Alex and Steven they had both arrived ten minutes early and started chatting and so soon realised that they were in the right place. I was almost shaking with nerves and made my way over to a vacant table as Steven went to introduce himself and ask them both to join us. The usual pleasantries were exchanged as if we were meeting for a business lunch and this helped me relax as we all. I certainly should not be flirting with my daughter's girlfriends at her graduation party, divorced or not! Yet I was sure that they were checking me out when they giggled some more.I then talked a bit with some of my former neighbors, explaining to them that Helen and I had just grown apart and decided to go our own ways. One of the older women looked like she would have liked to tell me some gossip, but I just smiled and turned away. I already knew too much. We were divorced now, and she was.