A plain unpainted unfinished pine crate, sealed with a lid that was nailed down. He called to the men, but they just kept walking. They didn't even lo...k back. "Damn. That is a gorgeous sunset." He thought out loud as his attention was quickly turn from the two absurd strangers that had left a box for no reason and had not the common sense to get him to sign for it. His thoughts then turned back to the fact that all of his neighbors houses had vanished. Not that he thought about it for long. Suddenly, Nicole stopped dead in her tracks, and I stumbled into her."Josh!" she said in a loud whisper. Sharp, sudden fear was evident in the tone of her voice. "That man, connect with him." Which man?" The middle-eastern man standin' by the sign. I think he's a terrorist!" Oh, fuck!" Josh said with alarm a second later. "Back in the limo, ladies. Now!" There's more than one of them," Nicole said, ignoring Josh's order. "There's one more down the street a ways." Okay, I've got him," Josh. "Honey, I didn't realize you were there..." My daughter just looked at me and giggled. "Mom there"s no need to get embarrassed." She gave me a reassuring smile and well, I nodded. I patted the bed next to me and she came over to me without any hesitation and laid down next to me. "So mom, what were you watching?" She winked at me which caused me to laugh. "Just one of the porn movies I like." I looked to my daughter and I realized how beautiful she was. Laying here with me, her long blonde. What this man was talking, I wondered. And I refused vehemently. The tantrum tried catching hold of my hand. I threatened to shout and get the entire building there to see what was happening. He backed off. My husband then told me that he was going out of Mumbai for ten days and when he comes back he wants my answer. If I still was not willing, he said I could go wherever I want. He knew I was in a fix as I had nowhere to go. The day my husband left on his tour, the monsoon broke over Mumbai.