Back to Monday afternoon…..Walking up from the beach after my swim I see Ashley and Madison sitting out on their little deck area having a drink and... one other person, a guy there as well. The girls were wearing shorts and bikini tops, the guy was wearing boardies and no shirt. He was pretty hot, the girls were looking pretty hot as well but I'd seen them all the time so didn’t notice as much. They saw me and invited me over for a drink.I might have had a drink or two already Monday afternoon. Thanks, Cat, for showing me just how far apart we've grown."I'd like that," Clarke said to Cat. He then looked at Doug. "What's the matter, man? You've been having tons of women lately. Keira and her celebrity friends, for one. They should have bled all jealousy out of you by now. Tess and Jodi Lee from my team have both gotten with you too. I know some of the other women are also waiting their turn. It's not just because you knew Jodi Lee and several other people on my team in high school. This place is fuckin' dope."Not to mention, other people can also add their own branch to one of our stories, or just create one of their own altogether!"I won't say it a third time, mainly because I'm sure the Readers get the idea."Of course they do. They're not as slow as you are."Glass houses, shit-dick. I will bail and leave you here alone to meander without quotations."Hey, I can still use the singular ones... Still though, fair enough."More than enough."... Anyway, here's the gist of. It began with a woman looking at flight tickets from New York to Berlin, seeing she missed her flight. The commercial cut to a second woman who placed a mask on her face, which for a moment remained a glossy black before the first woman's face appeared on it. The commercial flashed to a boardroom, where the masked woman in a business suit gave a presentation to a variety of executives.For a company on the verge of dozens of biotech innovations, the Hideki Ascend was still a surprise when it was.