"Somebody tried to kill us!" Mary shouted."Aren't you exaggerating a bit there? It probably was a poacher shooting at something in the distance."I sho...ed him my shirt with the torn sleeve where the bullet had gone through. "One shot I could see, sheriff, but there were over five shots fired and we were under the yard lights. The SOB was shooting at one of us."The sheriff gave us a disbelieving look. "You have any reason to suspect that someone is out to harm either one of you?"I shook my head,. So Mom and I ended up waiting in the lab for Ms. Cortez on another afternoon. I was daydreaming and mentally counting days until summer vacation started when I realized Ms. Cortez had come in and was staring at me. "Calvin! Why aren't you prepared for our session?"What? She couldn't be serious! We were sitting in school, in front of Mom... "Is this not a special meeting to assist you in raising your grade in this course? Do we not have a code of conduct for these meetings? Well?" I looked at. Bta diya jab mai waha pahuncha to wo mere se bhi pehle waha pahunch gyi thi fir mai unse mila or maine puchha ki aap mujhse kyu milna chahti thi to unhone bataya ki jab maine apko mall me dekha tha to mujhe lga ki aap bahut achhe ho aap pe hi vishvas kiya ja skta hai to maine puchha ki kaisa vishvas to usne bataya ki uski merriege ko abhi 3 saal hi hue hai or or uski sex relation life achhi nai hai maine puchha wo kyu to usne bataya ki uske husband export ka business krte hai jiski wajah se. I don’t want you to think I’m neglecting you.” “I’d never think that, Cindy.” I took a long drink of my wine, as I collected my thoughts. “I thought I could do this, now I’m not sure.” “You thought you could do what?” asked Elizabeth. “The sex without the feelings. All the lovey stuff.” “The connection and affection?” “Yes, I mean you start out thinking you can put something in a little box, with a label and everything. But…” “Are you going all mushy on me, Cindy?” “Maybe. Well.