" I've always loved you, darling." You loved me as a girl. Today I want you to love me as a woman. Do you feel any desire for me?" Of course I do. You...ve been the sexiest woman I've ever seen since you started filling out and today you've proved that in the flesh you're a million times better than my fantasies." Your fantasies?" Yes, my love. My fantasies. Why do you think I didn't leave your mom? I needed to be near you. I needed to see you. I've been dreaming of seeing you like this, but I. Christmas time was fast approaching and Alice was getting excited about her wedding. She and Fitzroy planned to be wed at the nursing home where her mother was living. Grace was to be her matron of honor and I was to be Fitzroy's best man. Alice's mother would have the honor of giving away the bride. The chaplain at the nursing home would perform the ceremony. Alice had made it quite clear that there were to be no presents and no reception beyond maybe a celebratory lunch at some restaurant. We. Priya was a very dear friend of his since the 1st grade and very close to Cyrus. They shared a lot about each other and knew each other extremely well. But somehow, Cyrus had not told her about a growing boredom with everything in his life lately. His work had become monotonous and dry, and his social life, though fun at times, had become mundane. He hadn’t even met any interesting girls in the recent past. To add to that, day after day, Cyrus had a growing hatred for Mumbai and it’s urban. We will only raise the curtain as high as thenumbers. And now ladies, gentlemen and all those in between, here comescontestant number one." The curtain rose and contestant number onewalked up to the curtain, turned and walked to the spot at the center ofthe stage, did a little turn and continued her walk to the end of thestage. The crowd applauded, cheered, whistled and screamed. They did thesame for the next three contestants. Contestant number five had bow legsthat you could drive an SUV.