Louise took one of Tom's presents from the pile.
"To Tom from everybody at BroadthrowMicro."
It was a flat rectangular package
wrapped in flowered paper and lime green stick-on bows.

Dennis was talking to the men in tan suits,
picking the shrimp out of his rice and
putting them in a neat pile on the edge of
his plate as he talked. "It's probably a photograph of Henry Kissenger,"
he said.