Smiling in response he gestured to his wife to sit on his knee and when she did he asked ‘Don’t you think our wives talk too much to each other? I... fact they seem to be more in contact with each other than we two.’ Ayesha’s body stiffened in response and Ashwin felt a sadistic satisfaction curl around his bruised heart. He knew she hadn’t been talking to Meenakshi. Let her squirm and feel uncomfortable. Gaurav laughed in response but then changed the subject. ‘The reason why I called is that. Clare talked enthusiastically about the holiday and the proposal. I hadpangs of jealousy. For the holiday I thought. But maybe for more. Iwatched my loved up socially well adjusted sister talking about her lifewith enthusiasm and I was filled with envy.I had been single for so long. All my life really. I suspected the shortlived second base romances I'd had as teenage Anthony didn't reallycount.Silly, shy, nerdy Anthony. It was probably very easy to say with theretrospectoscope but before I was. John asked me to come by. I told him I could be there within half an hour and he said to come on. I drove to his office and went inside;He had a draft agreement for me to review. It made sense and protected Beth if we should disagree. I told him that it looked fair to me. I kept a copy to show Beth along with the other lawyer’s card. I told John that she would be in town Friday for the closing. When we had a time, we could set an appointment for her to sit with her (I noticed the name on the. My left foot was also in a cast, but that was a lot smaller. My ribs simply got taped up. Otherwise, my prognosis was good. I would probably be allowed to go home on Friday, assuming my kidneys healed, and they were able to remove the catheter. The thinking was that I would have some degree of mobility using a single crutch on my left side. On the downside, I was probably going to be wearing the casts for a couple of months. They might be adjusted or scaled down after a few weeks and I could.