As I walk downstairs to begin my daily exercise session, Anu hummed to herself as she begins to make a hearty breakfast. She is happy, a lot happier t...an last night, the betrayal of her family bit her so hard the specula almost fell from her hand.Must keep happy thoughts, must keep Mr. Aamir happy, yes, focus on Mr. Aamir, that is more productive, and that is good for you. She repeated to herself several times before go back to her cooking.Today she decided that she will make some shrimp. She'd read him about ten chapters at a time. He'd been in coma for nearly half a year now and his 15th birthday was coming up fast. She prayed that he would recover in time for that, but she knew better than to get her hopes up.David had been in a confrontation with a known group of bullies just before Winter Break. One on one he would have been fine. He'd been going to a local Dojo and was learning Aikido. He'd just passed his Sankyu test, which put him about half way to Shodan (first degree. I can't see that there isanything wrong in it. I like you a lot; it's pleasant to have you withme, and, if you want my final opinion, it's this: I have absolutely noobjections, and if you want to wear tightly laced corsets all the time Iwill help you in any way I can. I owe you that, for the way that you arehelping me with the shop." Please don't look upon it as some sort of debt," I protested. "I don'twant that! All I want is for us both to be happy together; with nothingcoming between us; not. When it was time to go home, Megan’s partner for the evening volunteered to take them. Megan sat in the front of Jake’s large BMW, while Darren sat with Sam in the back.The conversation in the front seats was flirtatious and risqué, and this prompted Darren to put his arm round Sam and pull her to him. It was a surprise when she pushed his arm away and sat up straight.Neither said anything, listening to the banter in the front of the car. They arrived at Megan and Sam’s block, Megan invited.