Wandering into the kitchen, she grabbed a Diet Coke from the fridge and cracked it open. She took a deep drink and stifled her grimace. Denise hated D...et Coke, but Renee had mentioned that with the amount of soda the two girls went through in a given week, it was probably smarter to drink low calorie now than to notice that both of them were putting on weight down the road. Denise couldn't fault her roommate's logic, but they were going to have to discuss which diet sodas were acceptable.. Her name is Shilpa who got recently married.. She was from Andhra. Her Husband works in a construction firm. I didn’t ask for her number nor did she..Next day I woke up early and waited for her on the terrace.. She was different and happy she asked about me and my family. I asked her ‘what happened yesterday? You were pretty dull’ she replied ‘I’m new to the locality and my husband doesn’t like me talking to others’ spoke to her a little while and we exchanged numbers. She warned me not to text. Heather smiled a silent thank you at him then said, ‘Would you care to join us in a toast?’ ‘It would be my pleasure,’ he said, putting down his flute and pouring into it. Heather held up her glass. ‘Here’s to remembering the good times and looking forward to the better times,’ she said as we touched our glasses together. After we had all taken a sip, Heather’s eyes went wide. ‘You found a fifty seven, wonderful! I was told you had none.’ ‘A very good friend of mine is Wine Steward at the. Looking out over the waves I could see the fishing boats ploughing their way through the dark waters. The red and green lights, like christmas decorations on a busy highway, showing their directions of movement. Perhaps my father was out there, dragging his nets, praying for the bounty that had supported our family as I had grown up. But that wasn't why I was here. That wasn't what had called me back to the sea.Feeling the warm, wet sand under my feet I began to stroll along the line of surf..