Even as I thought this, I knew I was already rushing too fast into something I wasn't emotionally mature enough to handle. Love doesn't wait for you t... grow up enough to handle it. I loved Clara. She affected me in a way that no one else did. I felt as protective of her as I did of Kate. I could act on the love I felt for Clara, but not on what I felt for Kate. In some ways, what Kate and Clara did together made it easier for me to stay true to what I knew I must avoid.Back inside my house, I. “It is nice to meet you Mr. Sanders,” she says springing from the chair with her portfolio in one hand and the other hand stretched out toward him.He takes her hand, shaking it quickly, and says, “Same to you Miss Martins, but you can call me Samuel.”Veronica smiles as she grips her portfolio hard. “Veronica.”“A lovely name,” the man says. “Please, my office is this way.”Veronica follows him through another hallway, though shorter than the first, and into a set of very large and tall doors that. Opening the door and finding her missing would have caused all kinds of problems.All of this had alerted Allison that this was no social call as well."Jimmy, what's going on?" she asked."I need you. You may want to get dressed."Her eyes got wide. "You're taking me to Vegas?" Yes." Shit! Jimmy, what's wrong?"Before I could answer, Jamie stepped out and said, "We can show her here and then decide." Show me what?" Allison asked."This for starters," Jamie said, handing her the card with the post-it. I feared as I knew what my mom is going to say and was praying for her not to say the same. But it didn’t work.“Raj has come to stay here till the time we are back.” She said.“But mom, I am a grown up now. I don’t need baby-sitting.” I stressed this point raising my voice. Just to clear things, Raj is my cousin who lives nearby. He is 11 yrs older than me and has been baby-sitting me since I was 5.“Oh come on, Reeti. No matter how old you get, you will still be my little girl.” My father.