‘Or thirsty? Would you like something to drink?’ ‘Drink,’ repeated the woman in similarly accentless English with a strange Tamil lilt. She n...dded her head in the slightly twisting way that was common to people from India. ‘Perhaps she does come from the Indian subcontinent,’ said Rao, ‘but doesn’t speak Hindi or English. Perhaps she speaks Urdu. Or Bengali.’ ‘I think she’s just tired,’ repeated Dorothy. ‘Give her something to drink and let her rest.’ She turned to face the strange woman and. There weren't many people, who had gotten off in Birmingham, and it didn't take long to get the luggage. Thornton and I loaded the luggage on the shuttle to the general aviation terminal, while Will went for Grandfather and Brooke. Birmingham wasn't a big airport. The shuttle to took us to the short distance to the general aviation teminal.I asked, "How was the flight?"Grandfather replied, "Not bad. It was smooth all the way down. We didn't have to wait long in Atlanta."I said to Brooke, "You. ?What do you think?? Mellissa asked me. ?Too classy. She's more towards bag-of-slut, less towards sophisticated womanI'd want to take out to dinner. I'd rather see you in that dress. Why wouldyou want to give that to her, anyway?? ?I wouldn't. I just want to see if she looks good in it. I got better stufffor her here.? I sat down and watched the show for a while. Ashley would try to poke herass out in her skirts and look sexy. Sometimes, while waiting for Mellissato pick something else out,. "If she wanted me to help her with homework or tow her car orbabysit or help her move or something like that, I would. But this isdifferent. It's like... it's like her making me go up to Nickerson,"the principal of our high school, "and tell him I fucked his wife andI've got the pictures and pay up. In front of the school board. Kindadangerous." She snickered unwillingly at that, for just a second. I thought I was in the home stretch, now. Just a little morefinesse, and I'd be back.