"What's your name?" the girl with the freckled nose said as she smiled at me, looking directly into my eyes, not my hair, which is what I would expect... but my eyes. I looked back. "Patty," I blurted quickly. She put down her pen and told me the bad news "we're closing, really we are closed; we closed at 5." Seven goddamn minutes, I hissed silently. She could see my frustration. "I'll cut you, if you don't mind paying with cash." Yes! Thank you so much! I have no time, really this is my only. . Inka nenu ma ooriki vachesanu and roju a aunty ni thaluchukonevadini abha emi undi aunty okasarina degali ani and intiki vachina 2 days tharuvatha inka wechat lo message vachindi haii ani evaru ani chuste bforu ani id tho undi nanu adiganu evaru ani guess cheyi nanu neku telusu ani and nanu try chesanu oka 3 hours tharuvatha chepindi nanu bindu aunty ni bus lo ani inka naku chala happy ela ante worlds happiest man nanu ani feel iyanu and adiganu emi chestunaru ani nothing and enti na message. “Do you want me to get out?”“Why would you do that?”“Because everything goes wrong for me and for the people I’m around.”“Well, I’m in no hurry, and rain in Scotland is to be expected.”He was a good driver. At least, he drove very carefully, leaving plenty of room, not rushing. I thought about the van. It seemed almost luxurious. I was jealous. If only...“Steve ... this is cheeky, but...” Should I suggest, well, sexual favours in order to stay? It was not that different from what I had been. Then they cap off a busy day witha trip to Colin, resident computer nerd, and discover that a viralproduct means money will be coming into the reserve.And now: For a change we will look at the following four days,Wednesday to Saturday as a block, in a series of vignettes looking atthe main characters in the story.----- ------- -----River was busy for the next few days. She spent most of it in the newstore after Nick worked some magic and got a lease signed, a depositpaid for and announced that.