"I have to warn you," she said as the elevator stopped, "my roommate is . . . let's say she entertains a lot. Not clients," she said quickly and Dom c...uckled, "but she's got a lot of friends." The doors opened and they walked down the hall. "She sounds . . . friendly." "A little too friendly, sometimes." Lani sighed. "Or at least, I wish she would take her friendships to places a little more private. That's why I was at the coffee shop this morning. Cherie had a friend over and . . . oh, let's. There were several older men hunched over their half-filled glasses joking in loud guffaws and hissing snickers. One of them, a tall gaunt looking man will a full gray beard and eyes to match, kept glancing over at her and mentally peeking under her dress. There was a younger couple, resplendent in leathers and piercings, having a heated discussion about local current affairs. A tall and not unattractive blonde sat alone, sipping on a glass of wine and watching the rain paint impressions on. Alicia sat shivering in her robe, staring at the ghostlike window of her monitor.She tried to work. But mostly she tried not to think. She tried not to think of where she'd ended up — this seemingly endless funnel of fucking; of being the ping-pong ball at a game no one could actually take seriously in their sane mind. Look at her: always on the run. Running from the ruins of a betrayed marriage into the emptiness of heart breaking loneliness. Running from that into the arms of a sweet girl.. " But it will make some things easier – in an interesting fashion. I was just reading something relevant. There will have to be a suit in which – uh – 'judicial attention' is brought to the document, as Canada isn't within the purview of an Australian court. But don't forget the previous Canadian report, around 20 years ago, resulted in nothing; and Mr. Harper's 'apology' in '08 was just words." You're beginning to sound like a lawyer!" Yes. And if I'm to become one, I need to keep hitting my.