We were invited to stay at her best friend's place for the weekend. They are both nurses and were roommates during their training. Melanie, my girlfri...nd, was so keen on seeing Lisa again. Lisa lived a two hours' drive away from where I went to university - and still farther from where Mel worked. I knew they had been very close those three years in the same apartment. Back then, I didn't know just how close.As soon as we were in the car Mel started fantasising about the three of us at Lisa's. As I reached the park, the ball game was going on in full swing. Mein ne aik paani ki bottle li aur abhi seat par baitha bhi nahi tha kisi ki aawaz sunaai di, “where were you two together”? Ousne kisi ka naam nahi liya tha aur nah dobara voh aawaz aaye aur es tarah baat aayee gaiee ho gaiee; yeh pata bhi nahi chal saka keh koi mujh se yeh keh raha tha ya nahi. Mein quietly baitha game enjoy karnay laga. The game ended and everybody departed. On our way back ricky (ricardo; my elder brother) did. It was far more than his family had to bet.“I fear those stakes are too high,” he admitted with a touch of shame.“Oh, of course,” Joseph replied. “I wasn’t speaking for you. In return, I will ask you to wager a week of working in the stables. If you win, I will hand you the coins. If I win, you clean the stables each morning before Court.”“I... , “ Frederick stammered. He saw more people start to laugh. “I accept.”“Ah, good,” Joseph said. He took his crown off his head and handed it to. Before she opened thedoor she knew it was her room. Just as she knew her younger brother Leewas in the smallest bedroom. She remembered how happy her older brotherTom was when the cleaned up the attic giving him his own space. She slidopen the door slowly. This was her space, her safe haven and she wasscared what was on the other side.The first thing she noticed also brought her a breath of relief. Thecarpet was pink but the same pink it had always been. Her bed, the day bedshe had gotten for.