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nt another drink, you
have to order it now," I explained.
"Ah. I see. But I do not want another drink... of wine. May we leave?"
"Sure. Where's your car parked? I'll walk you to it."
"I..." Yuko Ogura paused, searching for the word. "Rode in taxi here. I would
like to... spend longer with you. You are... interesting to me."
So we left and headed to my place across the street. "Hey, GEEK!!!" came
a loud shout. Victoria looked at me quizzically, but I said nothing, and we
kept walking. Three guys ran up to us, and then blocked our way. I
recognized them from the crowd around Victoria earlier. They were definitely
drunk, and all _much_ bigger than I was. "Baby, you need a REAL man, not
this geek-ass punk," one of them said. "Yeah, I can beat him up with one
hand," another said, getting in my face. More accurately, putting his chest
in my face. I was beginning to feel worried.
Victoria spoke. This time it wasn't the light, clipped, musical tones
that I had been happily listening to all night. "Leave us
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