“Let’s not forget that you just threatened the livelihood, reputation, and even freedom of every one of them. So please don’t act like you only ...ave two choices here. I’m not forcing you to pay up. You’re free to simply walk away. You just forget about Taboo, and utter not a word about it to anybody. Besides, I still have your NDA. And if you violate it, I’m happy to settle… out of court.”He grit his teeth, then stared down at the table as he weighed his options. It was a seventy-thirty between. We were all quite hung over. I decided the best way to deal with that was to have a huge fry up breakfast. Nothing cures a hangover quite like fat and protein. So bacon, eggs and baked beans with grilled tomato on toast was what was served. Max was the last to surface and he seemed to be dragged from his bed by the nostrils. He was following his nose out and when he spotted the food his eyes lit up. "Danny my dear boy, if things weren't already exceedingly awkward I would kiss you. This is just. "Because she's a girl, dummy." She seemed okay."David raised his eyes skyward. "You're hopeless. Don't be such a sissy. Before you know it, she'll have you playing with her dolls."I said nothing further, but decided to play it by ear with my new neighbour.David and I had a chequered history. At times he was a good friend whilst at others he acted purely out of self-interest, demonstrating little consideration for my feelings. I consistently resisted his attempts to draw me into misbehaviour,. I thought I should get her at any cost. Then I started msging her gud mrg, gud nyt and sum fwd msg’s…. And she replied by the same with some smilies. And at college she used to see me many a times and smile. I was happy with that and planned to get closer to her. And so I approched her and said hi to her, she too responded with a cute hi. Then we chatted about various things, and atlast I asked her shall we be friends, she replied tat wat r v now. I told ya we r friends now, and asked shal v be.