" Wow thanks Mrs. C. What's in the drink?" I asked."Oh a mixture of juices and some secret ingredients just for you," she teased."Secret? Like what?"...I took a taste and it was pretty good."Well if I told you then it wouldn't be a secret would it?" she replied."Come on Mrs. C., tell me, please?" I begged."Maybe later," she conceded. "But now you wanted to hear how I've changed. Alright here goes." Her voice got lower as if she was afraid someone would hear her. "I'm not sure what it is exactly. He certainly looked the part of a scientist, SG thought — frizzy hair that was thinning on top, thick glasses, a bow tie, even a pen holder in his shirt pocket. But his intensity more than compensated for his nerdy appearance."This is the most exciting project I've ever worked on," he said. "CIAO started out as just a concept. No one had any idea how to proceed. Robots were considered and rejected. We just don't have the kind of miniaturization yet to create the brains for a fighting robot.. This was going to be fun. He wasn't sure yet if he would send Smith to jail or if he would just keep him in servitude for the rest of his life. He also had the pictures of Howard's wife sucking his cock and having sex with a woman. He couldn't wait to see the reaction on his face when he saw the price his wife had to pay for his gambling. He kissed the women goodbye and started for the office in downtown Paris.Becca watched him as he left. She continued to stare at the door for several minutes.. I grabbed my raincoat and ran out of the place. I didn't runtoward my home, I didn't run toward his, they both had too many memoriesof us. I just ran away.***So now here I sit at my favorite outdoor caf?, in my usual chair at myfavorite table by the tree, in the rain. Here is where it all started,and if I could go back and do it all over, here is where I'd need to makea change. I'd just have to make him go away and never become important tome. All I'd need is a different answer to his.