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serious. "No, dude, not at all. It's a much more serious process—tea leaves, throwing the bones, even occasionally reading the entrails of a sacrificed chicken. I mean, I may not have gone to business school, but I know a few things."
    The car is really comfortable, and it's got a well-stocked bar and it's nice that none of them has to worry about driving, so it's relatively painless to get through the truly atrocious traffic, and they make it to the stadium with time to spare. Dan's still not entirely comfortable, but he tries to accept it. They pull into a side lot, apparently reserved for season ticket holders. Dan had never heard Evan mention football until he suggested going to this game, but Chris had been more than happy to explain that the

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    company buys tickets to any number of local events, supporting the community and using the tickets as rewards for employees or perks for clients. Chris has gone from working for a medium size fish in a small pond to working for a big fish in a big pond, and he's clearly having fun with it. Dan can't really blame him.
    They head into the building, and again they seem to be mysteriously bypassing most of the lines. Security barely gives them a glance, although they scrutinize the tickets Evan's carrying pretty closely. Then there's a long escalator, and some stairs, leading them to a long hallway with doors along one side. Most of the doors are open, and Dan peeks into one, gets a look at expansive windows and some stadium-style seats, and then they're at their own door, apparently, and Evan is greeting a young woman wearing a uniform and showing her the tickets, and she opens the door for them.
Dan cuts a quick look at Chris. "It's a box?" he hisses.
    Chris looks back with a frown. "They call them suites, here. And, shit, Dan, does he not talk or do you not listen? How do you never know where you're going with this guy?"
    They're going inside now, and it's a pretty big room, probably twenty or so seats, and there's people already in there, which Dan didn't really expect. Evan and Jeff are greeting everyone, and some of them are smiling at Chris as if they know him, so Dan figures they're from Evan's work. He's confused… had Evan said there'd be other people there? 'Cause if he'd said it, Dan certainly hadn't heard it; if he'd known, he would have been pretty reluctant to come, and he wonders if Evan has played him, gotten him here under false pretenses. Which would be stupid, because the main reason Dan wouldn't want to come would be to protect Evan, to keep his unconventional relationship from getting around at the office and

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making things awkward with people he does business with.
    Dan scans the crowd for any faces he might recognize, but doesn't see any. And then Evan's turning around, looking like maybe he wants to introduce Dan, and that doesn't seem like a good idea, not right now. He turns to Chris. "I'm just gonna go find a bathroom."
    Chris looks like he's aware that Dan is running, but he doesn't try to stop him. And Evan and Jeff are too far away. He ducks out the door, and the uniformed woman is still standing there. "Uh, bathroom?" he manages, and she gestures to a sign a few doors down.
    The bathroom's pretty nice, which is weird, because he's heard horror stories about the facilities at Candlestick Park, but he figures things must be different at the 'suite' level. That makes sense; what doesn't make sense is that he's part of that world. He pees, and then washes his hands and takes a moment to look in the mirror. The face that looks back at him is a little older, but, damn it, it's the same guy who used to be good at this, the guy who could charm tips and phone numbers out of half the population of a bar, all without giving away a single piece of information about himself. Does Evan think Dan is so antisocial that he needs to be tricked into going to some stupid company event? Dan catches himself. Because, yes,