“Book me or let me go. I’m done.” Jansen’s eyes narrowed to slits and the tiny muscle in his jaw clenched. He pushed back the chair and stood....The waist of his pants was wedged well below his gut, but he didn’t bother to adjust it. He suddenly loomed larger than his girth. In a tone full of menace, he said, “I’ll say when we’re done, Gafferson.” For the first time all morning, Moe understood how Jansen had become lead detective and why Murphy had played second fiddle out of the limelight.. She was Lily, she said, Lily Maguire and she was twenty. I believed the name but not the age. After all, her chin barely reached my chest."How long had you known him?" I asked, "the man you were with." A fortnight," she said. "He was really very nice, a gentleman, never rough. He bought me this." She pulled on the lapels of her embroidered jacket.'Very pretty," I said. It was probably an hour or so before sunset, and I was tempted to leave her there, confident she could make her way in the. Pooja did ask a few questions about me. She was curious to know when I was returning to Chennai. Why did she want to know when I was returning? Anyway, I was sure that I will approach her again once I reach Chennai. I again played some devotional videos.I again took a small recording of her watching and flipping videos and sent it to Pooja. This small on and off conversation was happening and she was mostly online. She was genuinely concerned about her grandmother. I was making full use of the. We started having little chit chats for some time.’ Wow, what a place, I love it ‘, she said and thanked me for bringing her there. I felt nice sitting beside her and started feeling bad that she would go away the next day, on Sunday, back to Mumbai. I said’ Why don’t you stay for a few more days and then go’. We looked into each other’s eyes and got stuck, we both kept on looking at each other finally I took the step and kissed her on her lips. She closed her eyes and then she held my face and.