Not bad, she thought, as she twirled coquettishly, admiring the way the colors accented her tan and brought out the highlights in her hair. He’ll lo...e this. I can’t wait until we’re alone.Sunblock, novel, big beach towel, washcloth, hair brush, she was ready for an afternoon in the warm Bombay sunshine.But as she stepped by the door to the rec room, an arm shot out, grabbed Shanu by the wrist, pulled her in, and threw her onto the sofa.Her father closed and locked the door.“PAPA! Kya kar rahe. But she was stubborn in her decision. I could not convince her. I went to the room and started to think how to get rid of this problem.I got one idea. Even though I apologized and cried she was sure in telling the incident to my parents. So I thought to myself, anyway she is going to tell to my parents. I should not beg her hereafter. And I decided to put a plan in such a way that she needs to beg me to satisfy her.I went out of the room. I went to her. She thought again I will cry, “but I had. I’ll take both canteens next time.Although he frequently used the canteen to drink from, basically because it was convenient to do so, by now, he was certain that the filtering it offered wasn’t really necessary. During the hot days of summer, he had drunk directly from the spring many times rather than wait for the canteen to filter the water. Hell, the spring water is probably a damn site purer than the city water I used to drink, but the canteen is convenient.As he came to his feet, Gertrude. Im going to miss you too. she slowly breathed out, keep it together Riley, she told her self. She felt soft kisses on her neck and then her cheek, she looked up at him and met his eyes, and she kissed him like it was going to be the last. Come on, it was barely a whispered. They got out of the SUV and went around it, Jake opened the passengers side door for her, and then they held each other tight one last time. Her lips quivered as she looked up at him, her eyes burning as she tried keeping.