The girls jumped up off their knees and me and Nick tried to casually cross our legs and lean forward, with our arms on our laps, as Cookie went to th... counter for her change apron."What were you doin', Jackie?" she asked suspiciously as she stared at me and fastened her apron at her back."Nothin'. Just talkin' to the girls."Cookie's eyebrows raised at me. "Talkin'?"The two girls saw the mean, scornful look that my kid sister was now giving them and they rushed past her and out the trailer. ..Maya interrupted him, as she wanted to know if an alternative transport arrangement could be made. Maya: Why don't you try to get some substitute transportation? Uday: Madam, I told you there is nothing much available in this route. After some continuous pleading from her end, Uday went out to search for something other than that bullock cart and asked her to wait in front of the ornament shop. Maya told to her self that it would be real painful to travel in that cart again for an hour. It made me want to cry, and at the same time, go sit at the back of the bus, as far away from her as I could get. Never once, had I ever suspected anything."I don't understand," I muttered honestly. "We don't even know each other. How could... ?" The improbabilities made my head spin. There were so many emails.Scrolling down the list I realized that a day hadn't passed in the last month that she hadn't written me something. Often, there were two or three, even four emails in one day. Turning my. He realized belatedly what she wanted, and began to bow, going as low asthe dress would permit. After a half dozen uncomfortable efforts hestopped and waited to learn why she had summoned him. Chan rose from thechair and stood close enough for him to inhale the strong inexpensivescent she wore. The haughty woman said, "My friends are coming. Youwill serve us tea and cookies. You will show great respect." She wentto the sofa and picked up something that was lying there. It was asmall,.