She asked “saab theek toh hai Salim Bhai?, suna hai aap akeleh gabrarey hein, Baji ney kaha kai mein aap key liye khana laoun aur aap kai taraf chak...r lagaya karoun” I was a little bit confused because Uzma had prepared some food and frozen it and I knew she definitely would not ask her sister to come to my house when I am alone. What if she did? I replied hesitantly “haan ajao, do come by” I called Uzma on her mobile to confirm that Huma’s message but she could not be reached. It was Friday. . . who cannot be played with. I must know the truth now. Are you playing me? Am I just a convenience to you like David was back then? I don’t want that. I never want that again.”Phyllis’s answer was probably the best. She tore herself away from me with fire in her eyes. I’d never seen that flame before. I’d never been ready to. As if to emphasize her resolve, she threw herself back into my arms. As tender and slow as had been the first kiss, the second was heated, each of us desperately. She had already been horny from sex-ed earlier, but that put her over the top. Charlie was much like her sister Teddy in that she had good grades, but unlike Teddy she occasionally took a walk on the wild side. She did this now when she picked up her phone to text Jack. "Hey you" she wrote. "Sup" he typed back instantly. "You wanna meet me at Lakewood park? Off the path in the trees?" she typed. "Hella" he replied. "Be there in 5"Charlie slowly climbed out of her second story window and onto. "It's complicated. But, didn't I treat you good at home?" she said. "You didn't nag or throw things, but the sex . . ." "But we cuddled and kissed some and stuff, and once or twice a week I let you do me, as I recall. Right?" she said. "Yeah, so what?" I said. "Okay." She paused. "Oh this is going to be hard." I waited. More of the same old shit I figured was coming. "Harlan I thought you were bored with me and the sex we had when we did do it. I figured it was just us getting old and.