He lunged at the first offering from the pitcher and was lucky to make contact. The ball dribbled foul aside the third base line. It was a little emba...rassing, but he had little time to think about that. The next pitch was on its way and he took it for a ball. He took a good cut at the next one. ‘Double, at least, maybe a triple,’ he told himself as the ball launched itself off his bat. But the spin on the ball carried it out of play deep down the right field line. The count was one-and-two.. She reckoned he taught her more in six weeks than she had learned at the academy in over a year. One of the things he would make her do was to sing a passage the way she wanted it to go. Clearly she could not sing all the notes but she could take the theme and then make the piano follow what she wanted. He was so encouraging too. He would look over at her as they played together and smile and nod as she achieved something they had been working on. They also laughed a lot which destroyed anxiety. I shrugged my shoulders. ‘Nayana, I’ve known that man for years and let me tell you he’s smitten. I won’t be surprised if I attend your marriage sometime this year.’ ‘What!’ It wasn’t just me who had cried out in shock. ‘I know Shrini, he’s reached that point in his life that he’s ready to settle down and start a family. And I know that his family is thrilled that he’s dating an Indian girl.’ Christopher may have perceived how conflicted I was on the matter of my feelings towards Shrini, he. ” Jennifer patted Tegan on the leg then left her room.After a couple of minutes alone Tegan sat up and rose to her feet, crossing to the door. Poking her head out she could detect movement in the living area and suspected, as she had already insinuated to Jennifer, that Lukas was in fact clearing away their dinner. As much as Jennifer had taken the edge off she still had something of an itch to scratch and it left her feeling restless. She wasn’t sure if Lukas would be interested, but she.