"Hi you two," she said sleepily. "Time for your bath El." Yes mum," she said and got up and headed for the door."You always had a nice lap to sit on,"... mused Trish. "God what was that game we used to play?" Game?" I said casting my mind back."You know the one where you tried to throw the other off the sofa," she said."Oh yes, Pirates," I said, "we use to throw the other off to the sharks." That's it Pirates," she giggled, "god you use to get me so hot." Hot," I laughed, "if I remember rightly. She thanked them for the brilliant performance of the previous six months. Sales were almost triple the best full year the company had ever had. She talked about the reasons for the new organization, and how it was thought that additional motivation would make things better still.Cliff was amused because, in addition to wearing her plant coat, Sandy had her auburn hair up in a bun and was wearing horn-rimmed glasses that he knew had clear lenses. She didn't wear glasses.As she got to the end of. Good morning!I'm off to a bunch of meetings. If you're bored, come check out a couple.We have a break at 11:30 and I think I'm going to skip the boxed lunch they're packing for us. Meet me at the Pyramid Café down by the casino at 11:45 and we'll get something to eat.Please wear the denim jumper for me.See you then,AlanMarissa put the note down and turned the TV on. After some mindless morning filler, she got dressed.She found the jumper he was talking about and decided to wear a simple white. "Yes, to Olmer, he's lovely," she beamed. "Our parents are currently negotiating the wedding terms." It's an arranged marriage?" I asked to her blank look and then had to explain how certain of our Earth cultures did things."Oh no," she finally said. "Olmer asked me to wed him, the negotiations are over costs and our long term prospects, though neither of our parents are exactly poor." Suppose they can't agree, will the wedding be called off?" Róisín asked."Well, sometimes it can be, but that's.