“Hi.” Laura said.Awkwardness.“Lorraine is coming shopping with us. You better get dressed.” Matthew said to Laura.This was the first time Laur... had heard anything about shopping, but she knew she had to play along. “Sorry,” she replied. “Won't be long.” She smiled and ran back upstairs.Lorraine turned to Matthew. “Does she not like me?”“No, it's not that.” Matthew replied. He decided he was going to go with the 'not the full truth, but not a lie' approach again. “I think she was just looking. No, no please," was all that I could hear, and he repeated itover and over.We had driven home from the airport yesterday in silence. Timothy hadwithdrawn into himself in a very obvious way. He sat silently, head down,eyes closed for the duration of the trip. When we got home, he wentstraight to his room, slammed the door, and refused to come out, even toeat. And now this.I opened the door to his room as slowly and quietly as I could, but onlyenough to peek in. He was clutching at the bedspread. Maine use kaha ki abhi nahi jab jaroorat hogi to main bol dunga or main use jane ke liye bol diya, jab woh chala gaya to maine gate ko under se band kar liya or swati ko awaj de ker bahar bula liya, swati ne bahar aa ker mere se pucha ki wo waiter mere se kis sealmal ki bat ker raha tha to maine use tal diya per woh jid karne lagi ki bataiye na kyonki uske college ke ladke phi sealmal ki bat karthe hain.Main naraj ho ker bola ki woh uska bat nahin mani is liye wo usko bhi ye bat nahin batayga. I hope that you kept your promise and didn't say a word to your mother about it?" Of course not," said Paula, "if we had, she wouldn't have asked you to watch over us."Then before he even realized it, she was leading him by the hand to the same upholstered chair with the wide armrests in the living room.Even Renee was anxiously following them, being all exited at the prospect of having a repetition of their last meeting.But Charles wasn't that eager to start the fondling game. He was fully.