It was one of those old circuses, with the sexy 14 year old trapeze girls and battered elephants too dumb with beatings to mind the crowd much. There ...as a vacant lot in the center of town, where the old folks home stands now, and not much ever transpired there, save a few events, one of which was the circus and the other was the time a coon wandered up the lone tree in the center of the field. I recall the lone coon, as my dad had prize coon hounds back then, and we lived only a few stray and. Mujhe ajib sa lag rha tha but maine haan me sir hila diya.Uncle ab pairon ko kiss karne lage to mane dar gayi and apne pair sikod liya, maine bola ye kya kar rh hain to unhone bola chup chap jo kar rha hoon kar de. Aaj tu meri dulhan hai and mai tera pati. Mai sun ke ekdum chauk gyi and mai room se jane lagi to unhone pakad ke baitha diya and bola aaj tu sirf meri hai.Mai chillane wali thi but maine aisa nhi kiya becoz kafi log the ghar me and kafi insult ho jati uncle ki. Mai ro rhi thi but. ’ ‘Tom, it’s me.’ ‘Stephanie?’ ‘Yeah, sorry did I wake you?’ ‘Yeah but I’m so glad you called, I was hoping you would I’ve missed you so much.’ ‘Look we need to talk, can I come round today?’ ‘Of course you can, you know I want to be with you again.’ ‘Tom I just want to talk ok, nothing else.’ ‘Yeah that’s fine, what time?’ ‘I’ll be there in half anhour.’ ‘Ok great I’ll see you soon.’ ‘Bye.’ Oh god please tell me I’m doing the right thing by going round there, I just can’t think of any other. We'd stand tall against New York and Boston, but often would allow Tampa Bay and other cellar-dwellers to steal wins.It was frustrating -- for the players and the fans.So beating Tampa Bay two straight felt like more than something just routine. Maybe it meant we were going to stay solid, all season long.We were 23-15 and in first place, a game ahead of the Goddamned Yankees, when the White Sox came in for three. Chicago was hot again this year, leading their Division, and we knew our work was.