I looked towards Ashok and saw that he was still walking in the other direction, the guys followed me and laughed I shook my head in disbelief too and...joined in the laughter and all of us were salient. I knew what to do and said I am Meeta, what about you all. They then introduced themselves one by one, the first one who had come for the lighter was Prakash, the second one was Monu, the third who had filled my glass was Heera and the one who had just pee`ed on the rock was Bablu. Monu asked who. Stan kissed her underneath her ear, while Denise restrained herself to merely hugging her, murmuring ‘It’s all right. We love you, Anne,’ repeatedly. Anne simply let them do this for a while. Then she shook herself a little and pushed them away. She stood, sniffing back her tears and fetched herself a tissue. Stan watched as one of the two women he loved fought herself back under control. He was continually amazed at Anne’s control, her self-discipline. When her mastery over her feelings,. Emi, your clothes are here. Angel, yours are over here."The girls looked inside their respective cabinets. They both realized right away that there was nothing in them except lingerie. Very skimpy lingerie. Emi looked over at Angel and caught her eye. They exchanged a look that almost made Angel laugh."Is everything to your liking girls?" Mrs. Beecham asked."Oh yes, these are wonderful. Do you have any preferences as to what we should start with?" Angel replied."No, I will leave the choices. "How would you feel," I asked, "if someone could give you a pill that would make you go back to the way you were before?" Ugh," she shuddered. "I'd throw it in his face. I was so bloody miserable then."The following day, Monday, was Albert's funeral. I expected it to be a grim affair and so it was. It revealed the sad but perhaps unsurprising truth that Albert had indeed been a man without friends. Mr Lucas the solicitor put in an appearance but apart from him I was the only mourner unconnected.