We're teetering on the edge now."What would it take for you to go on like you are?"Cedric snorted and said, "You mean besides a miracle? I'm going thr...ugh about $25,000 a week now. It's still three weeks until the election and I should be increasing the advertising to blitz him. That, at a minimum, would require me to double my weekly expenditures." So, if I'm hearing you right you need at least $150,000 more to last until the election. I might be able to help with that but I don't know a damn. I felt very sad but our friendship continued.Luckily one day she messaged me that she was coming to Hyderabad in two days, and she wanted to meet me. I felt as if I was in heaven !!We made a plan to meet up in a mall. I was very nervous as I never saw her, she never shared any pic, I never heard her voice but my heart kept saying that I will meet her for sure, and that would be one of my best days.Every second was like a year! Finally, the day has come, She said that she would be free after. Mother looked up into my face and snickered like a school girl teasing a class-mate. Feelingmy manhood threatened, even though only by my mother, I became defensive. Actually, thefact that it was my mother who was laughing at me made it even worse."What are you laughing at? This is embarrassing enough," I said."Good. Maybe you will think twice before pulling a stunt like this again." I will, for sure. But this isn't funny." I find it absolutely comical how a boy can develop so well physically. .. that anyone would stay with me, hold me, love me ... you're too good to be true." What you see is what you get."There was a very long pause as she demolished the rest of the slice."I want to go back to work tomorrow," she said abruptly. "It's time. And it's time you went back to work, too." I'll be away quite a while; it'll be hard getting back here from Maldon." I know." It's good to have you back, Annie. Terry, I'm delighted to see you, too. Marty needs to go back to supply teaching, Jenni.