she was new in Mumbai.-> she was scared, but I figured out she was bold and fun loving.-> she was married but no sign of her husband.Trusting my judgment, I replied “Lagta hai ajj ka quota khatam hone ko aaya hai. Kal phirse aana padega. App chale jaoo ab gharpe. Train mai rush chalu ho jayega. App kaha rehete ho.”She replied, “Nalasopara mai, bohut dur hai yaha se.”Slowly she started to tell me all about her journey to the city from chondi village in. So I felt all the more ashamed that I was going to be best Halloween party in town without so much as a half-assed a costume -- I’d be lucky if they even let me in. I had no excuse, it’d just been a busy week and I hadn’t left any time to go shopping. Stupid, stupid.I climbed the fire escape described in the private message I’d received an hour before, heading for the door with the lamp burnt out on the second floor, and made my way past old discarded pallets and paint buckets toward the sound. Not a hint. But, rather than upset Maggie he put them on andquickly hid them under his trousers.The drive across the city to his home was uneventful, but that didn'tstop Michael from panicking every time another car came close. The onlythought in his mind the whole way was that people would see his knockersif he had an accident, the result was the slowest drive he had everundertaken.Things hit rock bottom when he arrived home to see Jenny's car alreadyparked in the driveway. Never once had.Read More
