" She told me."That doesn't sound at all like my father. I know he was aware I had feelings for you a while back, but surly he couldn't believe I woul... kick you out into the cold simply because you brought a boyfriend with you." I asked trying to wrap my head around her last statement."I don't think his objection stems so much from the fact that I have a boyfriend, as it does the identity of the guy I'm seeing." She said cryptically."I'm afraid you've lost me." I told her."Brian, I'm dating. "But you sure did get your ass over here real quick, Bones. Ha-ha-ha-ha." Shit, man, quit the clowning, Goddamn it."A look through the open door at the other end of the short hall revealed a large room on the right with a fireplace dividing it from another room to the left. We retreated back out into the kitchen area when I suddenly heard a car out on the road."Douse you light, quick. We don't need anybody stoppin' to investigate."Both lights went out and we stood silently listening in the glow. ‘Mai bahu ko naya dafter dikha kar lata hoon!’ he called out to his wife, the Thakurain. (I will show her the new office and bring her back!) ‘Chalo!’ he barked at the driver, before anyone had a chance to react. Pritam stared in disbelief at the car as it disappeared into the falling dusk. Lights had appeared here and there and this was no time for the old man to be insisting on going out to see some office. But Thakur was an authority unto himself. He gave orders and took none. The driver. " What nonsense." Bela said, "I said get off me or I will scream, I don't care what happens next."Chandan took that threat seriously and backed away a few feet. Bela started to adjust her salwar kameez which had been crumpled by Chandan's manhandling. "You are so stupid." Chandan said, folding his hands."What???" Bela said, almost yelling. "I am stupid? Why am I stupid?" Because you are lying to yourself. You know you liked whatever happened that night. Yet you just ran away. I kept knocking.