When they walked in and saw Linda I swear Peter gasped. I introduced them and Peter said “Mariko asked if she could bring a friend, but she didn't s...ay you were going to be so beautiful.” as he kissed her hand. We had a drink and chatted with them. They both complimented me on my home and shortly after we headed to the restaurant. It became pretty obvious as we were in the car that the guys had already sorted themselves out as to who they were going to pair up with. Peter was clearly enchanted. But Nic didn't consider himself brave. Mr. Lichte had asked him to come because he knew the most about the project, had designed every piece - and that made him the most culpable. He'd shut up, answer the questions they asked him ... and maybe keep his job.A suited executive, a few seats to Lichte's right, refocused on the room. Barely a minute had passed.Must have analyzed the data with a program, thought Nic, with a pang of envy. Only the upgraded tranceivers had enough memory for those. I never had bad intentions but I use to like her hair but I never told her about it. When I came back from my studies I used to visit her place every day because she used to stay alone and her kids are in hostel. 10 days I used to talk about city life and general life studies blah blah blah. After that one day when she was cooking in kitchen I was staring at her hair and said her randomly you have a lovely long hair i like it very much. I’ve complimented saying I always used to like your hair. “You still can’t sip Coke from a bottle without getting crumbs in it.”“Take a drink, Lucien. You know you love my cookie – and I have a feeling you’d love to nibble on my crumbs, if you ever got the chance.”I turned it up to take a big swallow, then reached for another cookie.She held her handful of cookies out away from her body and told me, “A cookie for a kiss. You kiss all my friends and you never kiss me.”“You’re my sister. I’m supposed to protect you - not molest you.”“Kissing isn’t.