‘Yeah, sorta…’ said Lisa, looking at the mess she’d made of her joint. The director shook his head, ‘When did that happen?’ he pulled his ...First Aid kit out of his toolbelt. ‘Right before the scene,’ she said ruefully as Matt squeezed her. The director found some cleaning stuff and squeezed it onto her cut, making her hiss as he began to gently clear it of the blood. ‘Someone go get ice,’ the director ordered, glancing up and then back at her as one of the girls ran off, ‘You did the whole scene. Alan then showed us the app he and Stacy had created. There would be reserved tables in the lunchroom and someone would host each one. Then people who wanted to join could click on a chair and the app would reserve it for them.“How do we make it fair?” Jan asked.“What do you mean?” Stacy asked.“Let’s say, oh, I don’t know ... David ... is a host. We don’t want his friends taking all the slots. The goal is to have everyone meet new people. I could also see that if the tables were the ones near. The museum’s ‘Treasures of the Middle Kingdom’ exhibit was designed to accommodate large numbers of guests, but when it was just two people, that gave one of them a lot of room to retreat. Mistressmind was keeping one step out of reach, constantly shifting her stance to avoid giving her an opening. Which wouldn’t be that bad, since the cops were probably on their way, Sharpe had probably alerted the entire Liberty Squad, and given enough time, WildRose was going to find a weak spot in this. Gladys had not dated since his death nor even visited with her friends. She seemed to have lost not only her husband, but also herself.Dear Mamaw, always one to offer her advice and generally reveling in meddling in the affairs of others had decided that it was time for Gladys to re-enter the world and enjoy her senior years. This is where the favor is introduced. Her plan was for Gladys to go to the Mardi Gras ball and be seen in public so the word would circulate that she was alive and well.