Just how long have you known?”“David Hawkins made it a point to inform me,” I said. “I had only been home a few days when he looked me up. A c...uple months before we got married, I guess.”“Why didn’t you say something?”“Wasn’t any reason to. Of course I didn’t know about Tony and his gang, or I probably would have. I thought it was just Hawkins and Billings. You know just casual sex.”“I have to wonder what triggered the questions after all this time?”“The way you acted around Bull, for one. The only reason I’d change is because of you. Can you understand what human love is all about now when the other person is all that matters?’ ‘Maybe, but separatism and isolationism is not permitted since our strength is a collective one. Humans fragment themselves with love and lose track of what it means to be a part of a greater social order. They lose the concept of being a team player. It takes time to understand what love is but watching soap-operas I’ve come to understand some aspects of. "She could have every guy following her with their tongues hanging out," she said. "Instead she blows them off as if they were nothing." To each their own," I quoted."Or something like that." Candy shifted her purse to her other shoulder. "Going to the school play tomorrow night?" Yeah. Jeremy Robinson asked me." Let me know if it's any good. Tam Samuelson wants to take me. If it isn't any good I'll persuade him that we should see a movie."When he picked me up, Jeremy commented on my flushed. Phir bhi ghussay mein nah dinner kiya, nah muth maari aur waheen kisi waqt neend aa gayee.Next day Saturday tha. Parents apnay kaam par chalay jatay thay, hamein school jana nahi hota tha isliye koi jagata nahi tha aur dair tak sonay ka chance milta tha. Mujhay youn laga jaisay meray bedroom ka darwaza khula ur phir kafi shor aur thaa ke saath close huwa; aur phir isi tarah meray attached bathroom ka darwaa bhi kafi shor ke saath khula lekin ouskay close honay ki aawaz nahi aayee. Mein ne socha.