The last few years had been tough and he was well aware of how it had worn on her. But now, free of the stress of holding two jobs, Julie seem to glow...with the same youthful beauty that had caught his glance when they had first met.Julie was very much aware of his attentions and enjoyed the effect she had on him. The night was going just as she hoped and her heart beat with excitement as she considered what was to come. She pressed 'play' on the stereo and the soft melodies of the love song she. “Teresa seems to have a thing about her.”“Julio, you’re as bad as my husband.”I glanced at the counter and said, “I’ve got to agree with Teresa. She’s nice to look at. Besides,” I paused for effect, “if you know one thing about single moms, you know that they do put out.”“And they may be disgusted enough with men to give the other side of the field a try,” added Teresa with a huge grin. Julio groaned and walked away to not work someplace else. Teresa began to straighten books for real.“So, how. "Well pop one in that VCR, maybe we'll see our father on one of them." Emma said.I picked up the first tape in the sequence. I walked over to the TV, and slid it into the VCR. I turned on the TV and Emma and I sat down on the bed. Emma had the photo album in her hands, and we both watched intently as the tape played. On the screen was a younger version of our mother."Why don't you introduce yourself to the camera?" A male voice said on the tape."Hi everyone, I'm Julie, and I just turned 18.". .. For now.We cut to the street outside and see Asha walking along the street toward us. She looks like she’s been walking for quite a distance (it’s about 2 miles from our studio to the nearest train station), and her sari is looking a little sweaty, as is her dark face.We cut to her much closer to the entrance and watch as she walks by and enters the office. “That’s a good walk ... I’m nicely warmed up now...” She jokes as she passes us.We cut to inside our studio as Asha enters – speeding up.