‘Just act like you own the place. Like you’ve been here a hundred times.’ I coached her. We walked a lap around the bar looking for seats. There...were no open tables. On the second pass, someone called my name. ‘Paul, you can sit with us.’ It was Tina, she was with Pam. I knew them both from the office. They were both tarted up for an evening on the town. ‘I don’t want to intrude, I’m on a date.’ I indicated to Paige. ‘Then you definitely need to sit with us so we can meet her.’ Tina said.. I fell in love with him.”Her voice was anguished and she looked hopefully to Suki for support.Fumiko bowed her head.“I am sorry for your difficulties, but that is not what I was speaking about.”“Oh,” said Emma.“I have heard of that kind of love in Japan,” said Fumiko. “What I have not heard of is a man being shared among three women.”Suki reached to touch her mother’s hand.“Mamma, we just wanted you to be happy.”“You have many duties in life, but my happiness is not one of them,” said. I went outside and ambled up the street. I turned the corner and went looking for the alleyway that I knew had to be there. Ah, there it was. I started walking down the alley as if I was looking for something, just in case I was spotted. I got close to the cantina, and I was met by a tough looking thug. "Senor, what are you doing here?" he asked me in the kind of Spanish an Anglo was supposed to understand."I need to use the jakes, but I can't find one. Would you be so kind at to point one out. "In between Kameron and Pulna. Who are you?"I turned my head to look at Kameron, who tried to contain a smile. In a moment of male stupidity, I told my ex-girlfriend that Kameron was hands-down the most attractive woman in the company. Melissa, my ex, worked in the same company! Strictly speaking, Kameron wasn't my type. I preferred short, athletic, light-eyed, straight-haired blondes. Kameron was taller than me by a couple inches, had brown eyes, a latte shade to her skin, and a fabulous.