" It was late, and we both fell asleep in each others' arms. Stan caught me in the hall the next day and said, "Where the hell were you after our clie...ts left? Did you fuck that woman at the meeting?" "Let's keep this between the two of us, Stan. I met someone special. That's all I can say." Tuesday was scheduled for a second meeting. The boss said there was no reason for us to attend because he had wrapped up the deal, and the papers would be prepared back at the home office. Stan took me to. Deewali ki raat main jaldi se 12 bajne ka intazaar karne laga, man me excitement tha ki aaj Pooja ko bhi chodoonga, Pooja ki chut kaise hooge yehi soch kar excited ho raha tha main. Badi muskil se raat ke 12 baje main kisi terah se chup chaap Pooja ke ghar gaya main ghar ke peeche waale darwaaze se gaya the jisse koi dekh na sake.Jab main ghar me gaya to dekha ki drawing room me aunty night suit pehan kar baithe thi or kisi se phone par baate kar rahe thi mujhe dekh kar bole aa gaye tum, maine. " Thanks Eddie, but I'm just going to tell the truth. We did nothing wrong out there, so let her chew on that. If we try to sound all heroic and super cop, we are just going to sound guilty of trying to cover up something." I gave him the same advice I had been given during more than one military hearing for one thing or another. The advice was simple, 'Never try to spin a story'."Well good luck, now get moving you are too smart to stand out in the rain," he said rolling up his window then. Brokenly, he mumbled "For longer than you can imagine, Sweetheart." Hearing him call me by the endearing term he'd always used with Mom was, if anything, more shocking than his request. To say that I was confused is an understatement.Fortunately I wasn't required to say anything. "The logistics ain't gonna work on the couch. Let's go to the bedroom, boy." What a weird feeling, entering the bedroom he'd shared with Mom all my life, helping him pull back the covers and top sheet and watching him,.