We sipped our coffee and visited about current events and nonsense for a while then settled into companionable silence. All at once I saw John eyeball...ng a really cute young twenty something gal.I laughed and said "Hey boy. You better not let Bonnie catch you drooling over that stuff!"John looked at me and asked why I thought what she thought should bother him any longer? I stammered a moment and said, "Well, Sally led me to believe she doesn't like her husband checking out the ladies."John. All conference material, my man," Jon said as he slapped me on the back. "You and that new kid are gonna really shore up the middle. You two make a great pair."I smiled thinking of the double meaning and muttered, "Thanks, Jon." As I was leaving I saw a big smile on both Dave and Tom's face. They had both caught the double entendre that I had. It was then I knew things were cool with them and that Brandon and I had nothing to fear with these two.I knocked on Brandon's door. I didn't have to,. We went to the barista coffee bar just across our office in Khadar Nawas Khan Road in Nungambakkam and we ordered a cappuccino, I leaned forward and put one hand, ever so gently, on her knee, under her short skirt. “If you don’t mind my asking,” I said. “Are you looking for someone special? That’s what I’m doing.”Instead of answering my question, she said, “Are you trying to seduce me, Lashmi?” I replied, “Sorry about the hand on your knee. It’s an old habit of mine.”“Don’t be sorry, she said.. Somebody was just trying to ruin our night and I’m not going to let that happen.”“Who?”“Later, Belgium!” I replied.I folded the documents and returned them to the envelope, then put the envelope in the inside breast pocket of my sports coat. Elyse glared at me, but if I told her, it would start a long conversation which I wasn’t ready to have. The development had been expected, and I wasn’t worried about it. In fact, I wasn’t going to worry about it at all before Monday. I went back into the.