"Both," he said with a smile crossing his face."Enjoy," I said getting up and crossing the room to tidy up my clothes.There was silence for a couple o... minutes as Eddie tucked into hisbreakfast, I walked into the bathroom and fiddled with my hair as he ate."Nikki can I ask you something?" he called."Sure babes what is it?" I called back."Come out here a minute," he continued I picked up my discarded hair brushand stepped back into the bedroom."You know when you went to see the doctor about your. And now, I lay beside her, on a ridiculously huge hammock, and felt my heart bursting from my chest with my love for her. I slipped quietly from the hammock and covered her near-nudity with a light sheet, leaving her sleeping quietly. I spent an hour in a nearby coffeehouse, enjoying traditional yellow-corn and condensed milk with impenetrable Café Cubano and Cuban bread. Walking by the hammock, I saw that she still slept and, leaving her a note, I headed for my boat, ‘The Wasted Years’. And. Mein samjh gai ki shop ke owner ka ph aya hai. Mujhe hosh aya ki mein galti kr rhi hu isliye mein jaldi se sidhi hue or kapde theek krke car ke key uthai. Chabi uthate time mein suna ki wo kahe rha hai “hann sir, madam ki stich problem theek kr di bus apko chabi dene he arha hu mein”. Itne me meine chabhi uthai or bhagg gai waha se.Mein sidha car me ayi or jaldi se car start krke chal di. Car ka AC chalu tha pr uske baad bhe mein pasene se beegh gai. Mere under arm or cleavage pure pasene se. She seems to be writing.I close my eyes, waiting, listening, as I calm my racing mind and luxuriate in the coolness of the towel and the slight but welcome reassurance it represents after the harsh lesson of the crop.Time passes. I have no idea how long, but the cool balm of the towel is waning.At last, she speaks.“Come to me, David.”As I move towards her, I catch a glimpse of her, leaning back in her chair, legs crossed.For the first time, I realise she is no longer immaculate, as I’ve usually.