Like romanticizing what was a mile beyond romance by that stage, you know. I loved the letters though.”“They were an education, yes.”“An educa...ion in a wide variety of interesting leisure-time activities.”“I dunno, some of my favorites took place at work.”She laughed, “True. –So, who was your first centerfold? The first one whose beauty you celebrated in age-old fashion?”I paused for a moment in shock and then told her. She identified her quickly and said, “Yes, she was a very pretty one. One. I understood, what made her to leave my appt abruptly other day, I decided to talk to her and clear the miscommunication that happened and apologize for everything. Evening I saw Nithin going out, I thought this is right time to talk to her. I told my wife I will go and chat with Nithin, and went to their appt and knocked the door. Shilpa opened the door, bit angry and surprised to see me, she asked me what do I need, I said I want to talk to her. She said, its not the right time, Nithin is not. In diesem Fall bin ich sogar mal deren Meinung. Ich werd's tun. Ich werd's tun! Ich leih' mir von Papa das Ersatzbrotmesser aus, das er im Keller in dem linken Schrank so schoen saeuberlich in Papier eingewickelt aufbewahrt.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - EIN JAHR SPAETER - xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxIch hab's getan. Ich habe mein Leben veraendert. Heute ist es mir unerklaerlich, wie ich damals den Mut dafuer habe aufbringen koennen. Meine Therapeutin sagte mal, mein innerer Schmerz waere zu jener Zeit so. It feels strange.’ I smiled at her. ‘Strange and inevitable. When we get back we’ll be on the last lap before the exams. You’d better relax while you can. There’ll be no let up from Easter Monday to two days before the exams start, and I’ll be fiercer than you can believe if you or Karl even think about slacking off.’ She grinned. ‘You’ve changed us too much for that. Neither of us is going to let you down.’ She kissed me lightly. ‘Have a good time, dear Luke, and come back ready to work me to.