It was Diwali and Shilpi was busy arranging the sweets and dry fruits to be given to the neighbours. She was not able to decide if she should send dee...awali’s sweets to the neighbours across their street who moved in 4 months back. If she does not they will be the only left in a lane of 5 families who are all well known to Shilpi.The neighbour across the street was a family of five persons including an elderly woman, a couple and two children. The girl was roughly of 6-7 years roughly and the. Modeling in front of the mirror, she saw that Tyler was still peeking through the window so she walked to the kitchen, slowly opening the door to the outside. She walked slowly to where Tyler was hiding behind some bushes. “Did you like the show?” Jane asked. Tyler jumped up and had an 'Oh shit' look on his face - until he saw that Jane was smiling. “Yes, I did. I’m sorry for peeking on you,” Tyler stammered. “Sorry for what?” Jane asked. “Looking through my window and invading my privacy?” . “Yes, she’s four,” said Tina, “I have a picture of her somewhere.” She rummaged through her purse and brought out a leather wallet with a plastic insert for photo- graphs. Tina handed Ed a picture of herself holding her daughter’s hand. Her daughter was the little girl from the party in his dream. Even the clothes matched his dream. Tina was wearing those jeans and the yellow sweater with the pink butterfly on it. “She’s beautiful,” said. Stacie and I sat across from Charlotte and Larissa. There was the usual small talk about the lovely weather, the news of the day, etc., followed by some uncomfortable silences. Finally, Larissa sighed and said, "So now you know."I looked into my coffee cup and said, "Yes. Now I know."After another pause, Larissa said, "And how are you with it?"I looked first at Larissa, then at Charlotte and back to Larissa, my eyes locked on hers. "I'm OK with it," I said, "but it would have been nice to find.