He spent half of every day on his knees scrubbingdirty toilets. After his trial period as the new girl, things settled down.The rest of the time was ...ery humdrum for Heather. He eventually worked hisway up to collecting the soiled laundry and making beds. The one savinggrace was the girls he was working with. At first, they were leery of thegringa woman working as a maid, but Heather won them over by her hard workand willingness to take on the dirtiest of the jobs. Without any. He had invited some neighbors and office friends.Vinod and Rekha stayed with Vinod’s younger brother’s wife, Maya. Maya was a widow whose husband died in an unfortunate accident 2 years ago. From then on, Vinod took the responsibility of the complete family.As the day went by, at around 3 in the afternoon, someone visited their house. Rekha opened the door, and 2 guys barged in and asked for Vinod. Rekha couldn’t understand what was happening and who they were. One of them was in his 40s and. Every minute seemed like ten as i waited,then my mobile went and it was ted,he was running late and could i meet him at his place,and there was an address, with some directions.i left my drink ,eager to get to teds place.about ten minutes later i was standing out side this rundown flat. my throught was dry when i knocked on th door,then afterc a few seconds it opened to reveal an elderly gent about 60.suprised i appologised and said i must have wrong flat,with this the guy said no wait,i am ted. And the look in her eyes--a woman who’d enjoyed swinging, before ultimately screwing up her marriage--made the whole moment more profound and poignant.I leaned across and hugged Charlotte before giving her a kiss on the cheek. “Thanks, hun. I really appreciate the way you’re looking out for Jill and me.”Charlotte returned my smile and tenderly stroked my face. “Don’t mention it, Dave. You’ve both walked a little on the wild side now. Tasted the sweet taste of the fruit. And now you’ve got some.