.. usually on a Saturday. I seldom turned her down. I knew I would get the news from Italy and Marianna, but it no longer hurt to hear of her glamorou... life. I missed her still, but as the saying goes, that ship had sailed.I was sitting in the stands one June Wednesday night, watching a local high school baseball game when my new cell phone chirped. I recognized the number, it was the Alvarez number.“Hello, Mama,” I said with a smile in my voice. I’d long since reverted to calling her Mama. She. “Aap Madhulika ke aane se pehle hi ye intezaam kar dijiye.. kal kuch ho gaya to jindagee bhar ke liye pachtaava reh jayega.”Ab Thakur Rajni me sama jana chahta tha, Rajni bhi samajh gayi aur palang par chit hokar tange chodi kar let gayi. Thakur uski tango ke beech jagah banata hua bola, “Thaurain jaise tumhari marzi mein kal hi use haveli ke pehre ka kaam de deta hun, lekin shikar par uski kami mujhe bahot khalegi.”Thakur ne Rajni ki choot par lund tika diya aur bahot asaani se uska lund andar. “Okay. It’s nearly 7:15. First order of business is for us to go around and give our names because one of us is new.” They did, with only first names being given.Clockwise starting with her, they were: Candy, Maureen, Debbie, Linda, Martha, Betty, Sue, Gwen, and Grace.“I’m due May 15th,” Grace said. “When are you due?” Well, it was a natural question in this group. Anyway, a lie wouldn’t last long.“August. Early August.”“Oops. You guys weren’t fast off the block. You were just a little slow. I could see it cutting across the green of the landscape. Lazily it poured from the north, tumbling over rocks and little falls. Honestly I could pretty easily swim across it if I wanted. The Lesser Jules was probably no deeper than I am tall, and was a short stone’s throw across. Swimming came easily enough to me, and on more than one occasion it saved my life while working on the ferry. Today though, if I could avoid having to get soaked if I would. The Jules River proper was usually pretty.