“And I thought San Francisco was crazy!” Abby laughed.She greeted us both with a hug and ‘air kisses’ where we just touched cheeks. A few minu...tes later, Susie Bennet walked in with Jesse, her boyfriend ever since I’d first met her. I hadn’t seen them in years, and Jessica had never met them, so we spoke for a few minutes so she could get acquainted.“Two girls?” Susie said mirthfully.“Hey, if you got it, you got it!” I chuckled. “I have to live up to my Milford reputation, you know?”Susie. She slipped up onto the barstool, extended her hand and introduced herself. “I’m Deborah.”“Pleasure to meet you, Deborah. I’m Derrick.”Deborah ordered a Hendricks & Tonic as we engaged in normal convention chit chat. She was a convention vendor and this was her first time with this group. She didn’t know a soul except for the organizers.After a bit she leaned over slightly so no one else could hear and sarcastically asked, “Are these conventions always this exciting?”Laughing out loud, I. I also met a few lady friends that were fun spending time with.I didn't date the women at work. I just figured it would be hard working with them and there weren't any that I was serious about. I will admit to having sex with a few of the ladies in the surrounding apartments. I just wasn't serious about any of them.I guess Sasha cheating on me somewhat led me to distrust women. Then there was the fact that I was infatuated with an older married woman, my boss Mary. I knew it would never go. ”“I’m trying to put it in the past and live a normal life, at last.”Later, in the car outside the bookshop, he turned to her and said, “As part of living a normal life, you haven’t told me the favour you wanted.”Julie, hearing of his tragedy, worried that she sound selfish. But she so wanted to hear his deep brown tones, softly speaking some of the passages, wondering what it might do to her. But she asked.Yorke sat back. He had only briefly held the recovered book. Time enough to notice the.