With Vanessa and Imogen being absent, we were welcomed back into Emily’s group of friends and Amanda made a non-too-subtle offer to keep me company ...hile my not-girlfriend was out of town.I rebuffed her advances as politely as I could and sat in a corner of Central Pier with Mark, Jem and Phil talking bullshit and drinking lager and whisky chasers all night.The voice in my head had been surprisingly quiet ever since my encounter with Chloe. And as I got ready for bed that night, I reflected. Society needs the things geeks do in order to operate, but most of the time most people don’t even realise that the things geeks do need doing. Their phone bills come through the post, and they (usually) pay them. But I’m a geek, and I’m that geek, so next time you pay your phone bill, think of me. The software industry is composed of two kinds of people. There’s geeks. That’s us: the people who can actually talk to the machines and persuade them to do things. We’re very good with machines,. Her thoughts then returned to the surprise her sister had for her. Was the surprise good news or bad news for her?Autumn walked out of the bathroom and sat on the edge of her bed with her feet flat on the floor and legs spread wide. She stared at June and waited.June knew what was expected of her and got up and started to walk across the room to Autumn.“Stop right there!” Autumn hissed. “ go back to your bed then get on your hands and knees and crawl over to me. You will do this every night. ’ She’s still looking away. Her eyes are watery but there are no more tears. ‘Oh. Well, should I keep my eyes closed?’ He closes his eyes and walks toward her and almost falls when he stumbles against a rack. ‘Oh, shit. Damn!’ Anne laughs the first part of a tiny laugh but catches herself and puts a hand to her mouth. ‘It’s just that…’ She sighs. ‘I wish I could undo everything.’ She’s silent for maybe ten seconds. ‘I know you have things you have to do.’ Silence again. Geoff sits down to wait.