"You were late. Was there a problem at work?" Denise asked."There was a problem with a variation of Claire's program that we sold to another customer....It is more of a requirements issue than a programming issue," Dale said."Oh," Denise said."We'll be sending it over to you in a couple of weeks. I guess you'll be working on it," Dale said."I've worked on every one of the manuals for your company," Denise said.Dale smiled and said, "No wonder we've always been pleased with the quality of the. It's much nicer having a groupie who follows me to foreign nations when I am away from home." That's the very first time," Juniper said."What? What's the first time?" That was the first time -- ever -- that you made any kind of a little joke about ... about sex with me. You called me your 'groupie, ' just then."Her remark alarmed me. "But I didn't mean any disrespect, Juni. I'm sorry if I..." No! No, you don't understand!" she said. "I'm not offended. Not at all ... I'm just saying, you've. Indeed they had never really broken up, just moved on. Still they remained firm friends although Claudia did not approve of some Josh’s decisions and choices. She reminded herself that it was his life and that he could travel wherever he wanted and fuck whoever he wanted even if some of his partners were clearly beneath him.“You bitch,” she chided herself. “Mind your own fucking business.”She still thought about him often, inevitably comparing him to all the other men she met and became. I think there's a lot I can contribute."Mayoni smiled and raised her eyebrows. "Isabelle! Let me critique you for a moment. You're extremely bright, very attractive, will be part of a prestigious faculty, and it wouldn't surprise me a bit if you ran for Congress in a few years. Are you really wondering why the boys are flocking to you?! You're what we used to call in Hawaii a Hot Ticket!"Isabelle laughed. "I'm familiar with the phrase! It seems like so long ago though. I left Earth when I was.