Come inside a minute.” She led the way to the living room and inviting me to sit down offered me something to drink. I accepted and she gave me a ca... of coke.“I just wanted to ask you if you enjoyed wearing my underwear”. I almost choked on the coke but at least it gave me a moment to think and could explain the fact I’d gone beetroot red in the face. “What makes you think …” she cut me off by waving her fingers side to side. “I’m not stupid you know, so don’t try it on. You did a very good job. Angel had actually won a competition in Colorado to do with conservation and was very proud of her achievement the award on permanent display over the mantelpiece. Just before school started her father built a tree house in the big tree in their back yard big enough for three adults to sit in complete with a proper roof to keep out rain and two basic collapsible aluminium chairs with a camping lantern for light if we used it after dark. On the hot August afternoons and evenings it was a real. Vo meri left taraf baithi thhi.Me: [Apna baaya haath uske kandhe pe rekhte huve] Heena Bol tujhe kya taqleef hey?Ye chand si chehre par udasi achhi nahi legit.Heena: [Chupchap apne sar ko neeche kar ke baithi rehi].Me: Kya Dad Mom ki yaad aa rehi hey?Heena: [Uski aankh se moti jaisi chamakti huyi ek aansu tapki aur behate behta uske sev jaise Gaal par aa ruki].Me: Arey Heena, isme udas honewali koi baat nahi hey. I promise, mai kaise bhi karke unhe mana lunga.Heena: [Mujse lipat kar ekdum se. “I really do study a lot. Which, by the way, we should address so we don’t end up lying to our parents. College isn’t that bad for the first few years. If you develop good study habits and keep up with the work, you’ll have plenty of time for other things.”I couldn’t resist.“Like for having sleepovers in the dorm where everybody gets naked and has a pillow fight.”She didn’t blush this time. Instead she bristled.“We only did that that one time. We had lots of sleepovers, but we only got naked.