Look at ‘em.”“Yeah,” Willoughby added, “this crowd likes anything that’s well done. And, she’s damned good. She made the right choice. I...heard her earlier gospel set. I saw in the program she was doing a second set, so I dragged Keith along to hear her.”“Yeah,” Keith said, “I thought I’d have to endure gospel. This is something else.”Aja bowed at the conclusion of her number. Jason checked his watch. It read eight twenty-three. He gave her the stretch cue and held up two fingers.“Thank you very. Again I had to break the silence “Is it ok if you go late home” I asked her. “Can we talk in Urdu if u don’t mind,” she said, she was gaining confidence gradually.“Kiyun nahi jaise tumhara dil kare” I replied and then said “Pehle khana na kha liya jaye whan hi baatein karain ge,”“Theek hai” she nodded and I turned the car and went to a nearby restaurant where I parked the car and went inside. After dinner I said to her “Mere ghar chalte hain, waha ziyada freely baat kar sakein gey,”“Haan yeh. They would always get one of Shirley's straightforward answers too. When we would get home and be doing chores she would tell me what was asked and what she told. This usually got me going a bit. Just thinking of the individual girl and what they would ask made me fantasize a bit of what it would be like to show them some how to's. Shirley knew it got to me as she would pass me by and pat me on the front of my pants, sometimes giving me a squeeze. My siblings would sometimes see this and. I took a deep breath and held it in, reveling in my victory. That's what it was, to me, really. I made him want it, and he came and got it, just as I'd secretly hoped he would. I ran the scenario through my mind again for about the 30th time since it happened as I waited for him to come out. He startled me out of my thoughts when he opened the driver's side door. He got in, without saying a word, started the car and backed out of his parking space. "Still wet?" He grinned."Aren't you just.