We had a choice of two appetizers, shrimp cocktail or a cold charcuterie, and two entrees, beef fillet or veal marsala with morel mushrooms. Except fo... Celeste, the others opted for the surf-and-turf combination, while I had the cold cuts and the veal. Celeste, it turned out, was vegan, which gave the waitress momentary pause; but for her the kitchen produced a mixed green salad and a stir-fry of zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower and two sorts of beans, with a few carrots in there for color. It. It wasn't a she, it was a he. I had never had anything but straight sex in my life, I was surprised at my reaction to him, er, her. Whatever. S/he looked cute. I shook it off and went back to work. I found out later that his name was Jess and he had just started to work that day. Out of curiosity more than lust I brought up a conversation with him in the dressing room, just talking junk about the weather and the crowds and the stupid shoppers. His clothing was just a shirt and jeans; you. "Something clicked inside Peaches mind. The balcony. That was part of thetrial run. She was going along with it. She had gone with him to theclub, drunk cocktails, danced up close to him, and now she was on thevery edge of having sex with him."Ah...." she hesitated. She wanted him to fuck her so badly, but she wasterrified of going to the balcony. If nothing else, what would theneighbours say if they heard them out there? He'd always be reminded ofit every time someone gave him a funny look in. “Right! Mark, there’s a few things you should know about. First of all, the three-way mind link you and Toshi and Frida are able to form, we tried to duplicate your ability last night. We must have tried over a hundred different three-way combinations, including lots of combinations with one man and two women. Emily has the exact number and all the details in her notes.”Unseen by Jada, Mark’s face broke into a very worried frown. “And nobody could do it?”“No, not at all. No triplet felt they.