Just past 6 PM. My parents would want me home by 8:30, so actually I had quite a bit of time, and I could always pretend I’d gone to some friend’s...house to study. “Alright,” I said to the man with as much disdain as possible. He surprised me by breaking into a wide charismatic grin, steadily replying, “Excellent!” His neat black suit and serious posture in no way hinted at such a cheerful expression, but it threw him into a different light. That one smile forced my heart to do a complete turn. I knew I looked casual, but I had no intention of going out, what I wanted was at his place. I made my way to his place nervous and excited. I buzzed and he let me up, there was no going back. He was waiting for me at his door and invited me in. He said to grab a seat on the couch and that he’d be back with a few beers for us. He sat down and we both just started looking each other up and down.He said, “There was no way I was leaving that store without giving you my number. The moment I saw. He checked the forecast for the week – good news there as it was supposed to be sunny and hot on Thursday, making it an ideal day for the ladies to lay out by the pool and have plenty of time to get acquainted. He planted an important idea in both Susan’s and Samantha’s minds: they were going to go out and buy new, sexy, swimwear. And, Susan was going to get a Brazilian bikini wax.Wednesday evening when Jim came home, Susan had been shopping and had gone to the spa for a manicure, pedicure, and. He didn’t seem drunk at all either. He smiled at her but she didn’t smile back.“You came here alone?” he asked in a somewhat different Hindi accent. It was likely that he was a foreigner. After all, he looked darker than Amit too and it wasn’t even the southern darkness she was familiar with.“No,” she said in an uninterested tone and looked away.“Who came with you, then?”“That’s none of your business,” she said sternly.“Oh, okay,” he said in a defeated tone. “Hope that’s not an Amit, by any.