As she flipped through the pages the ding from the elevator sounded. She looked up just in time to see the doors open and a man of medium height in hi... late 30’s, short light brown hair with a well on its way receding hair line wearing your standard dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie. He walked off the elevator struggling as he carried a large stack of what appeared to be manila envelopes he carried in one arm, a box and under his arm, and in his hand was his briefcase.He made it to the. For the first time she noticed the sultry jazz playing on stereo, the candles that had been placed around the room. "This was not a random act on his part", she thought.Her hands reached tentatively for the buttons of her sweater, knowing that as each one came undone, she was opening a door to the unknown.The sweater fell silently at her feet. After putting her things in the bedroom, she headed to the bathroom. Refuge.A moment to think. She turned on the water and sat on the toilet, the cold. Dani tarvatha naku maa amma bra vadadam rotein ayyipoindi. Ilage tadapadam wash chesi malli amma roomlo pettadam. Oka roju amma ekkadiko vellindi nenu mamuluga amma bra tecchi naa room loki vacchanu akkda amma undi nannu tana brato choodagane tanaki shock ainattundi nakooda ammanu chosaka shock thinnanu, amma naa vanka kopanga choosindi tarvatha tana bra naanunchi lagkoni vellipoindi. Adhi jarigi moodurojula varaku amma naatho matladaledu. Naakaithe bayanga undi endukante amma ekkada nanaku. I never did get to see what the examiner had written on his clip board. For all I ever knew, he might have been writing his grocery shopping list.My mother had me drive her back to the dance studio because she was working on getting her paperwork all done for the close of the tax year on the business. I knew from listening to her talking to my father at the dinner table, that the studio had enjoyed a remarkably profitable year. This was due to the fitness craze that had been sweeping the.