"On the trip, he chatted with Simisola, asking her about her education and social connections in the community she came from. The girl was not a volub...e talker, but parted with information readily enough. She had just finished school, with good results, but there was no intention that she embark on higher education. With no father, she was now a daughter, to be married off as soon as possible, and Winston was the beneficiary. "I do have some money," she told Winston. "My father left me some in. I knew that it would be difficult to do it myself, so I had been up early and gone to a hairdresser nearby. This felt like a last rehearsal before the big show, and as I walked down the street, acting as a girl, I saw to my relief none of the laughing faces or pointing fingers I had imagined would meet me. The hairdresser chatted on while dyeing and curling my hair, never figuring out that she wasn’t servicing a girl. My heart was beating rapidly, threatening to burst from my chest the entire. Within a month the marriage was solemnised in a simple way as decided by me. Radha was centre of attraction in the function. She wore many dresses and sarees changing in short durations and coming in my front to show me. She was fabulous in her light green net saree with backless blouse. My eyes were glued to Radha throughout the ceremony. Many of my friends too were eying on her and teased me as lucky to have a relative like Radha. I didn’t know what luck was in store for me or not. The same. They had both giggled at the funny stories they both shared. Throughout the meal, Jack has not been able to take his eyes off Alexa. She was wearing a knee-length skirt and dark blouse, but it was the shimmer of black tights against her toned legs that made Jack whistle out loud to himself, his fingers clasping in a show of sexual frustration.Jack settled the bill and they walked out of the restaurant into the cold night. "Well Lexi, I guess we have to be boring and head back to the hotel..