Yes, today was turning out to be an excellent day. He had just taken a group of his most important clients out for a late lunch – Emily’s arrival ...at his employment agency seemed to coincide with a definite upturn in business, and in fact many of his clients were beginning to ask for her by name. Even though she hadn’t worked anywhere for long, word had obviously spread about how impressive she was as an employee. So now that he had offered her a position in his office he could also send her out. "No dear" she responded with asmile. "This is your night; go and enjoy it." So the party split withthe "real" women retiring to their rooms, whilst the rest of us headedoff onto the town."I've heard of a really good club called the "Bangkok Blue Kangaroo"announced Guy, and, as none of us could come up with a bettersuggestion, we all piled into taxis and headed off there. The Club wasa very glitzy affair; all neon lights; glitter-balls; and red and whiteleather. I learned that it was run by an. ”Natasha-Koz grinned. Even Ed liked Natasha’s response.“Jude, they can haul me off at any time and ask their questions. This way they get their information and we, too, can ask ours.” I tried to placate the girl.“I don’t like it. Or her.” Honestly, I thought that was the issue. Jude felt threatened.Or Jude was speaking for Kate and her authority issues. Or in place of Kate, who also felt threatened by Koz’s beauty and the intelligence officer’s proximity to me.Being a pretty spy didn’t help the. “Dan, you are such an idiot.”Dan blinked at me in surprise. I sighed and tried again.“Do you like Pearl?”“Yes!”“Do you want to have Pearl as your girlfriend?”“Maybe.”“Maybe? Maybe isn’t good enough. It has to be yes or no. You’ve had long enough to decide – so decide! If you don’t want her to be your girlfriend, then you have to tell her that and stop messing her around. If you do want her to be your girlfriend, then you have to tell her that, and cut out all this fooling around with every girl.