I'd gotten just about through my vodka and soda, chit chatting with coworkers, when the Nice Guy from the group approached me, looking quite bashful a...nd sheepish."I just wanted to apologize," he said, "I told the bouncer, my boss, he's really not a bad guy. He, well, I'm very sorry." He pulled out a fifty and tried to hand it to me.I smiled and refused. He'd already left a 25% tip on his company card (rumor had it that 26% was the point at which American Express' fraud department raised alarms,. I just waited. She came back and sat down.When she didn’t say anything, I asked, “So? Do you want to tell me?”Another slight smile. “She told me that yes, she was OK with it, and asked if I had decided to do it. That’s when I told her I wasn’t sure. Birgit said, ‘Why don’t you kiss him and see what happens. You can always stop.’ Which is when I said that it might a good idea.”I smiled and said, “A good idea? As in you want to? Or as in something to think about? No pressure, I’m just making sure. Her family wouldn’t have it, their daughter marrying a waiter. When they found out, I got dismissed on the spot. On top of that, if I tried to contact Gina, there would be more significant consequences. My parents could lose their jobs as well. Gina’s father had much influence with other employers. I couldn’t get employment anywhere. Her father had put out the word that I was no good. I had a relative, who was a priest, my father spoke to him. Before I knew what was happening, I was on my way. "You will." Another few keys were hit and the first part of the two sequences ran together in slow motion. "It's the same basic video, the pen and ruler are just generated into the scene. It doesn't repeat very often, it's been very cleverly done indeed. The audio is the same and all the document fragments we've scanned are meaningless when you try and fit them together. " So all the stuff we've collected." Is all complete junk, yes." Damn. Tell Russ we're activating phase two."Email.