Chapter Twelve
September 20, 2228, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Pacific Breeze Restaurant
Jia smiled as her date, Bolin, sat down across from her. The table had room for eight, but the triple date had the three men across from Jia and her two friends.
Her friend Chinara sat across from her date Conrad, and Imogen paired off with the handsome, dark-haired Michael.
Now that they were all together, Jia hoped she wouldn’t regret agreeing to the triple date, but she doubted there would be much trouble with her two best friends around.
They hadn’t spent much time together in recent weeks because of work, especially on Jia’s part, so the date was as much about seeing her friends as finding a guy.
The restaurant lay deep in the interior of a commerce tower, but semi-translucent hologra
