Usually we would watch TV. Tonight we began talking instead over glasses of wine. Until then we really had not gotten to know each other's background ...uch. That may have been because each day had been so stressful that most of us had just wanted to zone out during that hour. But tonight was different. Our curiosity about each other finally overcame our earlier emotional overload."Harold", Jennifer asked, "how was it that a smart lawyer like yourself came to be enslaved? I think we would all be. .rishtedaron ke jane ka silsila shuru ho gaya…mummy papa sabko see off kar rhe the..chachi aur mei khana kha rhe the ki unke pati bhi aagy aur kehne lage ki late ho rha hai, aur unhe chalna chahiye…mujhe acha nhi laga :( socha ye to klpd ho rhi hai…achanak meri uparwale ne sunli, aur bahar baarish hone lagi, acha ye baat bata dun ki chahcha ke paas bike hai aur wo log bike par aaye the.,…fir baarish dekh kar mummy paapa ne unhe rok lia kaha ki tum beemar ho jaoge aur aaj raat yehi ruk jao…mei. I had nothing: no heart no soul, no being. I was breathing and that was all—and that was overrated.Who are we, were we? I'm Rueben Colson, most recently the husband, and, as I thought, the love of Jemima Colson's life. The "most recently" referred to having been but five minutes ago. Five minutes ago, she had come to me, in the dim light of the bar and told me she had fallen for another man, and that she wanted a divorce. Stunned, disbelieving, destroyed: yeah, that was me.We'd met at the. "Eithne followed Cian out to his car, and they drove back to Cian's place.When they arrived back at Cian's flat, he brought Eithne's bag into the living room, and set it on the coffee table."I guess you can sleep on the sofa, Eithne. I have a spare pillow and some extra blankets. I'll get them." Then Cian disappeared into his bedroom for a moment, and returned with an armload of blankets and a pillow. "I hope you'll be comfortable. Anyway, I'm beat, so I'm going to take a bath and go right to.