The Peacock 1434

Everyone is seated in the living room, clearly awaiting me, and to my surprise, here are Jason and Lazarus, on the sofa, flanking Amanda who is perched between them like a queen enthroned. Naomi is in the recliner chair and Melissa occupies the other, her face almost lost in what appers to be near scowl. I seem to have forgotten how grim and forboding she always looks. Carl, Francois, George, Jeffrey and Jesús have all taken chairs from the dining room table, where they have formed a kind of outer circle. "You came together", says Amanda chirpily. She is clearly very pleased with herself right now. "It was a happy accident", says Cynthia. Christopher stumbled across us in the coffee shop so we drove back together." "which coffee shop", says Carl. "The Bean Around the World on Hastings and Cambie, where we all met last time." "What were you doing there?" says George. "I went back to the condo where i had a three hour nap. Then I wanted to go out for coffee, and there they were." "They?" says Francois. Chuck and Nicole were sitting with her." "Nicole?" says Carl. "The green haired girl singing at the bakery with Sarah yesterday?" "There must be some kind of story there", says Naomi , smiling... "