.. especially good since she was so much in a mood... a romantic mood!"No... no, that will be all for the moment, Emma. Thank you very much."Emma coul... hardly believe her ears, and yet she returned Brad's pleasant smile and exited from the office in a suitably humble manner. Yet as she sat back down at her desk, the thirty- five year old secretary felt crushed. Her boss was definitely losing interest in her, and their exciting secret meetings were becoming less and less frequent, and she was. Jaise hai maine darwaja knowk kiya aunty ne darwaja khola or mujhe andar bulaya. Nmujse puchha ki itni jaldi kyu aaye to maine kaha ki ghar par bahut bore ho raha tha to socha aapke yaha chala aaya. Fir aunty ne mujhe sofe par bithaya or chay banane chali gayi fir thodi der baad aunty aayi or hum dono ne sath main baith kar chay pine lage or baate karne lage. Maine aunty ke pair par hath rakha to aunty ne mujhe kaha abhi nahi raat ko abhi ghar ka sara kaam baaki hai . Fir aunty ne kaha ki tum. I sat on the old couch in my crappy, one-bedroom apartment and thought about my little sister. Erica could have been mine if I wasn't such a dick to her. If I hadn't ruined everything. She'd moved on. Married. Had kids that I'd never met.It was my own fault. I could see it now. I had spent so much time blaming her, thinking she was a slut. I didn't want to take responsibility for my own actions. I sipped at my beer and leaned back. All these years living in hatred, stewing in bitterness. What. "They ate dinner at a good restaurant, then strolled into the park behind the amphitheater to look at the city lights from above. A rock band was tuning up in the ancient Roman structure as they headed back to their hotel in the Vieil Orange district.In the morning, they had a final, informal, meeting with the committee, then drove back toward home across the Rhône and through the vineyards and orchards, stopping for lunch at a restaurant where they could eat outside alongside the Canal du.