"Have you heard? He's back."
"What? How do you know?"
"Hugo told me. He heard it from Giorgio."
"Oh, thank god! I didn't know if I'd ever see Patrick again."
"This has been hard for you. You two were close. It's been tough on me too. I think he and I were even closer."
"You? If anyone was closer than me, I would have thought it was Hugo."
"I understand how you would have that impression. Being that you were never in the CBI offices. But the thing is, Patrick and I were sleeping together. For ten years."
"Gasp! Did Teresa know?"
"She must have. We were pretty blatant about it."
"Do you think Patrick will come get us?"
"Hugo and all the Giorgios seem very optimistic. They've had themselves dry-cleaned."
"How do I look? Should I have my tires rotated?"
"Well, you were never a classic beauty but you're still blue and shiny. And you're French, so you have a certain 'je ne sais quoi.'"
"How about you?"
"I might dust myself off but that's about it. The thing that Patrick liked about me was that I was old and beat up and brown. So I figure, why mess with a good thing, right?"
"I guess. You don't think he'd just leave us here, do you?"
