And we just stood there holding hands through the usual opening-night delays. Mario walked past us and bumped fists with me and blew a kiss at Camilla... the bass singing Angelotti took his place for his entrance, the buffo doing the Sacristan lined up behind him, we heard the silence as the house lights went down and the applause as Gerry walked onto the podium, the first chords rang out, and we were under way.I stayed with Camilla until her time came. Tosca starts from the wings; she gave my. Udane aunty kural ketathu aval toilet arugil nindru kondu kala kathalanuku call seithu avanai veetirku azhaithaal. Athai naan toilet ulle irunthu ketu kondu irunthen. Mani 12 aanathu udane toilet arugil magan satham ketathu, kathai thira endru naan udane thiranthen.Aval ulle vanthu ennai kati pidithaal appozhuthu en maaril perithaaga pazhuthu irukum mulai idithathu. Aval en amma padukai araiku sendru viduvaal, aval oru paiyanudan sex vaithu irukiraal endru sonnal.Pinbu naam ingu sex seithaal. Oak beams, deep red wall covering, lush carpet beneath our feet. So beautiful and sexy."Fancy a swim first, then food and drinks?" Mark shouted over as he took a pee in the marble bathroom."Sounds perfect" I replied, taking the gowns from the hook.The pool was fairly empty. Another couple were swimming lengths, in direct competition with each other, and a group of women were giggling at the side of the pool, drinking fizz. The water was warm, inviting and immediately I felt calmer. Mark. Had it coming. I couldn’t claim it was anybody’s fault but mine, or that it had come out of the blue. I’d appointed not one but two sixteen-year-old secretaries, and now this was the consequence: I was homeless. Well, not really but that’s how it felt. Rootless anyway.I’d been with Tessa my entire adult life. Now she was gone.In the headlights I saw two figures, in the middle of the road. I braked ... Two figures right next to each other, and a consistent pale colour that wasn’t quite right....