But this coffee shop was different, it was music free. Jerome turned off the music playing through his headphones before rolling them around his phone...and placing it in the pocket of his bum bag. The weather outside was wet. It had been raining heavily for days but today it was lighter. The greyness of the day left very little to look forward to and also meant that the pavements and the roads looked dirtier than usual. He felt heavy on his feet, natural after a run, but he still resisted the. Fir mene kaha“jigu ab sona nahi he kya?”“nahi”“kyu aj mere rummaue ko kisi ne ku6 keh dia he kya?”“nahi pr aj mera din he aur me jo chahu wo me krunga aur tum ku6 mat kehana”Me bola “thik he baba pr muje to sone do kal coleg bhi to jana he”“Nahi aj me tume bhi jagaunga”(Two) Us wuqt muje us pr badi hasi aa rahi thi to mene uske sir ke pi6e k balo pr bade pyar se apna hath sehlay aur bola“kya hua mere jigu ko, wo ajke din bhi itna udas kyu he”wo bola “tumne muje koi gift nai di na is lie” wo. He pushed the throttles to maximum. It was a long way off, several miles at least. He reached for the VHF radio handset."Coast Guard, this is the Kalliste, mariners in distress, come in, over."The reply came back almost immediately. "Kalliste, Coast Guard. State your emergency, over." Coast guard, Kalliste is at 36, 34, 49 North, 74, 49, 07 West, traveling 076 degrees at 28 knots in response to an emergency signal flare. Flare was about 15 degrees off the horizon; request assistance." Kalliste. Perhaps it was the concern in her mother's voice or maybe Regan actually listened to what Rita meant for once instead of the ham-fisted way she said it."Thanks, Mom," Regan said. "You're right about most of it. I'll explain it tomorrow morning when I get home." That's fine," Rita said. "I love you."Regan decided her mother actually meant it."I love you, too," she said. "Check out is 11 and I figure we'll sleep until almost then. I'll see you at noon. Do we have the car tomorrow morning, too?".