“I’m here because I try to read a book every week. It gives me something to keep my mind active when I’m working out.”I saw Miss Nakamura roll...the book cart down the aisle behind Becky. Becky kept talking. “Right now I’m reading about military shhhtrategy. This big book is Machiavelli’s Discourses on Livy. It’s about how once you’ve gotten powerful by force, you have to be smart and manipulate people. And if you’re smart, you can be really, really, really powerful.” Each time she said the word. Amar nunu ektu nroom hollo. Jharna bollo ektu shue thako ektu pore abar dara be. Ami ar jhrna joriye shuye thaklam. Kichu kichu khon pore amar nunuu abar sokhto holo tokhonn jharna amar nunu ta tante laglo. Jharna bollo ebar amar last dress ta khule dao.. Ei bole ami jharna ke ubur hoye shute bollam. Ami sara pithe chumu chumu khete or bra hook ta data diye khule dilam.Aste aste or chumu chumu khete lal panty ta khule dilam. Tarpor or pond ta phak kore kore jib diye or ponde behtore chatlam.. The Hollywood voice starts up again ‘Just call your local representative and they’ll rush to you, service in under an hour, guaranteed.’ A footnote pops up at the bottom, far too small to read properly but stating something about prime locations and service areas. It disappears almost as soon as it had arrived. ‘We can create any dream you desire, and only charge by the second. One second in reality is an amazing Hour of dream time.’ The office environment has now become a badly bluescreened. At the end of the night it seemed to Sarah the most natural thing in the world to go back to Julie's for a nightcap, and deep down Sarah found herself hoping that Julie would take her to bed. Sitting on the sofa in Julie's small apartment, which was just around the corner from the gym and the pub, the sipped the wine that Julie had poured for her."I have never done this before," Sarah said quietly."You have been with guys I take it?" Julie replied."Well yes of course, but ... " Sarah's voice.