"Who are you?" demanded Debi."Never mind her, dear. What happened? What about you?" said Marydirecting Debi's attention away from me. "Tell me what's ...rong."Any curiosity about who I was vanished as Debi had an opportunity totalk about herself. Debi could never resist talking about herself."Let's go in the kitchen for some privacy, dear," said Mary as sheguided her away from me.They closed the door.I could hear Debi rant for a while Mary calms her down. I heard therefrigerator door open and. Vivek asked, “Oh my god, did you really get a chance to act in a movie?”Kishore enjoyed our surprise and continued, “Yes Anna, I got the offer. This is the offer letter with remuneration details.” He extended his hands to Vivek to give the envelope. At the last minute, he pulled it out without giving it to Vivek and said “Sorry Anna, I wont give it to you. Anni deserves to get this first as she stood by me and supported my passion for movies. So I am giving it to her.”I was very happy with his. I started working on the inventory report . It took me an hour to get it ready and was all prepared to send it through email. But If I thought the day was bad enough, it got even worse when I realized our landline was dead and I wont be able to connect to the net.I was loosing my cool.“Damn phone goes for a six when I need it most” I shouted as I slammed the phone’s receiver down after confirming it was dead.There was no response from Jyoti, who was in the kitchen.I thought of the PC in. "Joanne has told me so much about you!" "Uh thank you very much, Ms. Parkman, I've heard a lot about you too, but then who hasn't!" It was then for the first time that Mike heard Ellie Parkman's infectious laugh that seemed to indicate that she didn't take herself all that seriously, and just as he had sensed she replied with a twinkle in her eye, "All of it good I hope, right Joanne?" "You've gotta watch it with her, Mike," Joanne replied. "She's pretty tricky. Now if you two will excuse me,.