Jo is a loner but dreams of a time when he can be part of a team when a threesome is not a crowd...

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The story opens...

I swing through the lab to check on the techy on-call. He nods. I salute. His bleeper bleeps. The telephone rings. The test time buzzes. I’m out of here. I don’t say ‘Good night- I’m away home.’ It wouldn’t sound appropriate. I’m not going home. Yes, I’m tired but there’s the rest of the night for going home and nothing there when I do. I try not to yawn. Yawning is contagious..