I said what? She said: I have been looking for a guy friend like you. I said what do you mean? Then Mrunali said, whatever you have gone through is OK... We are friends now and you don’t need to worry too much. I said OK! While I was driving back to my flat, she asked me stop at some wine shop. I said, don’t worry I have enough drinks at my home and today I really want to drink and forget all that happened in the evening. She said, today you will drink to enjoy your life, and I will drink with. She laid down in her soft bedand drifted off almost as soon as her head hit the soft pillow.The boy was clear in her mind. he was only thirteen, he was rather smallfor his age and had a cute page boy haircut. But his face was contortedwith fear as he looked up at his mother with terror. She saw hisentire body trembling with terror as his mother glared down at the boywho was curled up in a fetal position. The older woman had a cane whichshe was raining down on the boys exposed back. Bloody. Staying in love, staying committed through the hard times as well as the good was not easy. It’s yet another reason they were so connected to the Fishers. They wanted to emulate and replicate the relationships that were filled with laughter, kisses, flirtation, and love even after the test of time. Cheating was out of the question for the Overtons. They made a vow and they chose to honor that sacred bond. Cheating was not, as so many people like to claim, something that just happens, like. I had to study her carefully. "You haven't changed a bit!" I scanned my brain and the old records that were stored in dusty old boxes beneath the list of presidents, state capitols, and German vocabulary where I kept things I knew but had little use for. "It's Nwadi! Oh my god, it's been twenty years."It had been more than twenty. It had been almost thirty. "Nwadi! Wow. It's great to see you!" I pretended excitement to meet her. It was awkward. I was tired.And so my casual drink turned into a.