I have always liked her”. Pradeep seemed out of words. He said to me, “How can you like my mother? She is 45 and too old for you”.I made him bel...eve that I liked his mother and wanted her at any cost. Pradeep agreed to help me in getting her. The third day also passed.Pradeep told me that in afternoon, his mom would be free. During this time, I could go to her room and honestly tell what I feel about her. I said to him, “But what if your mom doesn’t like it and gets angry?”. He said to me, “No. ShirleyP.S. I didn't mean it that way. You can diddle. You can also rub and shave."Only one more week," she said when we spoke on Saturday morning."I have to tell you something," I said, wanting to get it over with."Oh, no, I don't think I like the sound of this." Claudia came into my room last night." Oh, no, were you... ?" It was late and I was in bed. I got up and put my clothes on. She said she wanted to talk."I heard her sigh. "Sammy, I don't think I can... I don't think I want to hear. She put on her coat, hat, and gloves and we left the house, heading in the general direction of the Taft campus.“I didn’t know Joel had a sister,” I said.“Shocking,” she said sarcastically.“The way you teased him, I felt you guys were close.”“We are, but he likes to forget he has a ‘bratty little sister’ at times.”“You’re what? Twenty-one? Twenty-two? That’s hardly in the ‘bratty little sister’ age group!”“I like you!” she laughed. “I wish I was twenty-one! I’m seventeen. I was the ‘Oops, how. Then I was made to wear 3-4 gold and diamond necklaces, earring and Mang tikka (a golden chain andsmall locket worn on the mid of my hair that it hung on the edge of myforehead) and then the Nose Ring (a big gold circle made to hung on theleft side of my nose with a small pearl chain going to the top of the earand stuck in the hair). And finally lots and lots of glass and goldenbangles on my hands covering my entire hands till my elbows. I thought Iwas done for I was asked to slowly turn around.