Randi had a secret boyfriend, a young man from South Vancouver. She said they were in love, but she was very afraid her parents would find out about h...m. She had been promised to another man by her parents and the wedding would be in the next year. Randi was determined that she would marry for love and not to fulfill some promise she had no part in. It was an ancient tradition from their native India which applied just as rigidly here in Canada.Julie could not understand how it could happen.. I can only wonder if Jim noticed the guilt written all over my face, but his peck on the cheek in greeting was as friendly, and familiar as a star cluttered night.“Did you enjoy yourself?” Jim inquired once we were seated, almost making me choke before he qualified the question. “Out on the dance floor?“Your woman is quite a dancer,” Harry answered the question, “I think she must have a little soul in her, erg, um, background.”“Well, unless I miss my guess, she’s probably going to have a lot. “Why do you say that Vikram?” She asked softly. “Because you are so beautiful and pretty” I replied spontaneously.She just kept looking at me and I stared back at her. After a few moments, we heard Akash’s room door unlatch. I moved away from her as he entered the room. “You still awake buddy?” he asked as he took the water bottle from my hand. “I was just about to go back to bed” I replied and stood up. We both walked to our respective rooms. I glanced back at Leena aunty. She was still. Jennifer Marie Stephenson was a stunner, in a quiet sort of way. A woman in her mid-fourties does not generally turn many heads. Jenny was dressed in dark grey lizard skin Tres Outlaws high heeled boots that zipped up the sides and stopped just below her knees. Jenny could never in her life have afforded these $ 75,000 boots, but she had miraculously found them at a thrift store. Perhaps somebody wealthy had died and their out-of-town relatives were just trying to clear the house.Her boot cut.