She left and Joey struggled through Friday afternoon witheveryone sneaking glimpses at him and, he thought, being amused. Atlast it was time to go ho...e. He got to the parking garage but theattendant told him that his wife had taken the car. "She said agirlfriend gave her a ride in. Said you wouldn't mind taking the bus." He eyed Joey's lips and eyebrows before adding, "Or getting a buddy totake you home." Joey wasn't sure if there was supposed to be somehidden meaning in that so he tried. He carried it about the apartment for two hours wondering what the hell he was going to do with a parakeet. He didn’t want another pet. So he went out onto his second-floor deck and opened his hand for the bird to fly free. He hadn’t noticed that the bird’s wings were clipped. The parakeet valiantly flew down to the yard below. Less than a minute later, Alex watched in horror as a stray cat tore the little bird into pieces. The cat walked away licking its chops and Alex went inside to call. .. what's your name?" I asked.A sheepish expression covered the little girl's face. "Umm ... Donald," hereplied.I decided to put him at ease a bit and divulge my name as well. "I'mGeorge," I replied.A look of surprise and then relief covered his young face. I looked overat the little girl in the man's body to see how she was doing.She was trying to scramble to her feet to come at us again. She wasstill pretty incapacitated so Donald and I left her. I felt terrible forleaving that poor. . “sahab aap thik se baithiye na.. Aapka woh… “aur woh bolte bolte chup ho gaya..Maine anjaan bante hue poocha “kyun bhai? kya hua??”Usne mere lund ki taraf ishara kiya… aur fir se muskuraya.. maine bhi ab mere lauda haath se pakad ke masal diya.. aur bola “achha yehh!!.. Q kya hua? achha nahi laga kya?”mere aise boolte hi woh kuch sakpaka gaya..woh firse chadar dikhane laga..Maine use firse wohi sawal poocha.. woh chup ho gaya..maine use haste haste kahan.. “yeh bedsheet dikhana chodo.. aur.