.. between us, that is." I don't know, Jake, is this Mary's idea?" No, it's mine. Mary just advised me that it'd be all right." Oh, did she? You neede... her permission?" Advice, Sharmila. Look, I didn't call you to pick a fight." Oh yes, 'to fix things.' What do you want to fix, Jake, me?" No... I... I want to talk about our relationship." So! Talk?" It'd be better if I could see you face to face." Would it? For who?" Me." Okay, then," she replied, after a long pause, "where do you want to. Helena really felt flattered and her ego go high. ?Thank you Sarah. That is a real nice compliment?, Helena said. Sarah could tell that Helena knew that too and was the egotistical type, that she was the type to love hearing nice stuff said about her.Sarah got Helena chatting up. Sarah was an expert at getting people to talk, without them even noticing it happening. Helena wasn?t seeing anyone at the moment, as she broke up with her boyfriend and did not intend on having children, which already. ?Stef took a sip of her tea. ?It is. I?ve seen it a hundred times thisyear. Kids born addicted. I feel for those poor kids, but Ilya isdifferent?.He runs with, no he runs, a bad crew. I bet if you asked halfthe addicts ma sees, you?d find Ilya and his guys involved somehow.??Does she know, your mum??Stef shook her head. She looked small, like a little girl confessing toher parents. For a second Esme got a picture of what being a big sisterwould have been like.?Do you think he?s got her. No doubt in his mind that it was poetry in motion. Wendy in just two days time gained so much confidence in herself addressed him, ‘Well, my good neighbor at what time should I serve dinner?’ ‘I’m finishing up now and by the time I get cleaned up…….mmmm….how about six o’clock?’, he answered as he looked her directly in the eyes and appearing to be drooling. ‘Okay my good neighbor I shall deliver his excellency his dinner at precisely six o’clock’, Wendy boldly responded. ‘Make sure you bring.