She hesitated, then nodded and began to move in the direction of the bathroom. I grabbed her arm and pulled her back to me, “Take them off now.”Di...ne began to tremble as we stood still on the dance floor with everyone dancing around us. No one had noticed yet but Katy realized what was going on.“Wait,” she yelled at me over the music. The terrified Diane stood with the blood draining from her face, “Let’s do this in private,”I looked at her for a few seconds and then back at Diane. “Take them. She had twin sons, aged nine years.This nurse had gotten married at a very young age of 23. Because of their unconditional love and support, she could leave her kids with her husband and in-laws.Her hubby had a small business in Pune. She visited them every month for two or three days. Sometimes, the twins would come to Mumbai with her husband or mother-in-law to spend time with her. She lived in a rented house here with Upasna.I also gave her a summary of the journey of my life and told her. Melody, Darcy White, the best bassoonist the city of Atlanta has ever seen!”“Great to meet you!” Melody said, shaking Darcy’s hand across the table.“You too,” Darcy replied, glancing at Mike. “Ok mister, what happened to ‘no contact of the female variety,’ huh?”Shaking his head in exasperation, he responded, “Well, the truth is that Melody and I have been communicating for a couple of months now. I just wanted to keep things really close to the vest until I was certain of how serious things. What was she thinking? Turning, she fled to the safety of her office.A few weeks later Annie's wardrobe underwent another and more ominous change. She still wore her skirts short, but now they were becoming looser, just hanging from her definitely expanding chest. When it was already evident, Annie confirmed that indeed she was expecting a baby in June. "Right on schedule," Alice though ironically. From then on, Alice could see it was a matter of time. Annie slowly lost all interest in her job..