This confused and troubled me, the only mercy being there were no other cars there with hers. No Daryl or Chris car, nor Charlotte or Callan for that ...atter. At least Jill and I would have plenty of time to continue our conversation and thinking, picking up from where we’d left it the day before.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Heart attack. That would be about the best description of how I felt as I reached the top of the stairs and saw Jill packing her suitcase.My beautiful and. The bathroom was a symphony of marble with every facility you could expect. After the flight and that terror drive, I needed a shower. This was India so it wasn't too much of a surprise that the shower didn't work. I left it on and went out to the balcony. The smell of India assailed my nostrils; it was a fragrance, a mixture of everything that is India, dung, dust, spice, Jasmine and a soupcon of curry. I breathed it deeply. The sound of India could be heard also. From afar, I could hear a. They also said that they had to go to school the next day to get a copy of the surveillance video.Before that day was over, my parents told me they had been approached by the lawyers. Those assholes had threatened to have me charged with assault for slapping John. They also made an offer to pay my family to forget the charges against John. I told my parents to let them do their worst, but if they really wanted some settlement, to have John’s parents come into the hospital to see me. I also told. A few minutes later, the phone rang again. This time, however, Paul didn’t even bother to take his phone out of his pocket. ‘Don’t you want to get that, Paul? It’s probably someone wanting to wish you happy birthday,’ Annie suggested. ‘No, it’s nobody important,’ Paul replied in a voice that made Annie think that he was hiding something. A short while later, Paul’s phone rang again, and this time he shut it off. Knowing that he was popular with the ladies, Annie figured it was a woman, and.