“This place is beautiful, how did you find it?”“I hacked the city halls computers to get the blue prints of the school so I could find safe plac...s that were secluded. As you can tell I don’t get along with people very well and prefer my privacy.”“Why is that?”“You really aren’t going to let any of this go are you?” I asked flatly“No…..I like you and would like to know more about you…I mean come on you can’t live with just Carl can you?” She replied and I swear she stuck her chest out a little. Despite my embarrassment I continued to think and hope it may be her but a part of me hoped as I ran that it was not. I mean what would I say? What would I do? Even though there was not another sole around I could still say the wrong thing, I could still put my foot in my mouth. I blinked and tried to focus and look for differences. I looked at her beautiful dark brown hair that hung just below her shoulder blades as it swayed with her movements. Her white skin was well tanned and evenly too.. శ్రావణి ఆలోచనా ప్రవాహానికి అడ్డుకట్ట వేసింది బయట గేట్ తీసిన శబ్దం .తనకు ఇంతకాలం ఫోన్ లు చేసిన అదే గొంతు .. ఒక్కసారిగా ఒళ్ళు జలదరించింది. బయటకు వెళ్ళిన మన్మధ్ కూడా అప్పుడే వచ్చాడు . సాయంత్రం వరకూ నలుగురూ సరదాగా బయట తిరిగి వచ్చారు . ఫ్రెష్ అయ్యాక హాల్లో సోఫాలో కూర్చున్నారు . ఆహ్లాదకరంగా ఉంది ఆ శుక్రవారం సాయంత్రం . ఇల్లంతా నీట్ గా సర్దిఉంది. శ్రావణి డ్రెస్ పై స్ప్రే చేసుకొన్న సెంట్ పరిమళాలు ఇల్లంతా వ్యాపించాయి . గోడగడియారం చిన్నగా శబ్దం చేస్తోంది . ఆరుబయట వెన్నెల కాంతి పరచుకొంది . ఆ నలుగురి. .. I mean ... No fucking way.” I looked up at him. “Sorry. I just...”“Surprised?”“Shocked is more like it. How can I own...” I looked down at the page again. “A thousand shares?”“One per cent of the company. Yes.”“But I thought it was privately owned.”“It is. You can’t buy these shares on the stock market.”“So ... How?”“Do you remember who I said you were descended from?”The light dawned and I nodded. “William Phipps,” I said, now understanding the real significance of what he’d told me.