Chapter 1
THE TANGLED LIVES OF INTROVERTED NINE-TO-FIVERS
THE EVENING LIGHT of the California summer filters in through the huge windows of the beautiful tea house next to the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco.
On this evening, the tea house is reserved. The workers and waiters are busily preparing to receive guests. In the middle of the tea house, blooming flowers weave together a beautiful tapestry of colors. There is a meticulously manicured garden outside the windows; several pigeons are resting next to the fountain. High-flying banking executives and other workers who have just gotten off work are headed away from the Financial District, very audibly talking about which bar to go to for happy hour for a bit before heading home. Jane, ...
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