No watch, which was interesting, though these days many people use their phones for that purpose. The suit was brown worsted wool, cut below the knee,...and accurately tailored. The top was cream colored, and appeared to be linen. The heels were a shade or two lighter than the suit, and of a practical height. In short, she was every inch the understated professional that Chuck was not. We shook hands and she offered me her card: ‘Cynthia’ in 16 point Arial bold, and ‘Executive Performance. When we enter MacDuff seems to be very angry about this and welcomes us with the words: “Good afternoon Ladies, fine that at least you two join the training lesson. For the other chicks it seems to be not necessary, they think they are good enough for the next competition. So, let’s start warming up. Swim twenty laps for the beginning and changing style every two laps from breaststroke to backstroke. Swim medium speed.” We do without any comment. “Get out of the pool and relax your muscles”, is. Fir jaise hi bua bathroom mein gayi, to maine unka mobile leke khol liya. Unke phone ka password 1234 tha, aur ye mujhe pata tha. Fir maine unka whatsapp check kiya, lekin udhar mujhe kuch nahi mila.Tabhi mujhe fb ki app dikhi. Aur jaha tak mujhe pata tha, bua fb use nahi karti thi. Fir maine fb kholi, to kisi Rachna naam se unki ID thi, aur 3-4 friends the, aur kuch actresses ki pics upload ki hui thi. Fir maine messenger khola, to usme sirf ek ladka jiska naam Ajay tha, uske sath chat ki hui. “It’s really simple. You need to swim bloody fast and consistently. Then you do it repeatedly to go from districts to regionals to states. Then you get a shot at nationals. Is that enough?”“For now.”“For now? What happens after?”“Pan-Pacs.”“Why didn’t you lead off with that?”“Well, you said once that you have to finish the heats first. Gotta get to nationals before Pan-Pacifics.”“Fair enough.” He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them again. He looked at me for a long time, as if trying.