Mommy picked up the cordless phone. It was Daddy, he was going out of town on business and wouldn't be back until late Saturday. "Okay, dear, we'll le...ve all the doors unlocked and keep the red porch light on 'til you get back. Love you."Mommy hung up the receiver. "Now, you girls haven't told me how you got those pretty purple bruises around your necks. Have you two been playing hangman?" she teased as she leaned over to kiss Kathy's moist lips.Christi was slipping off a nylon to answer. A silent giggle curled one corner of her lips and she looked down to hide her joy, like a schoolgirl with embarrassing secret thoughts about a boy. Her particular joy this moment was Shimada’s stylishly mussed jet-black mane, which belied his impossible wisdom for his thirty-seven years, and made him look even younger than her own twenty-six years. Power players, dealmakers, other consultants, and investment bankers streamed hourly through her headquarters office at Krueger-Altieri, the largest. I love how open-minded she was. But even she can’t digest the thought of a son wanting to have sex with his own mother. “There are a lot of creeps out there,” she said while smiling at me.Then out of nowhere she came close and gave a gentle kiss on my cheek. Then she walked away. She didn’t wait for my reaction. But perhaps she didn’t need to. My stunned expression said it all, perhaps I even was blushing. Once she was gone I walked to Arjun and said, “Bro, what kind of a magician are. Kaku office e ber hoye gele ami barite eka thektam rana ke niye, rana ghumiye porle aar samay katte chaito na, khali suye suye nana rakam chinta kortam, rate kaku ki bhabe amake koreche, ki bhabe amake garam koreche sei sab katha chinta kortam aar nijer pechaber jaiga te hath bulatam. Sei samay barir bath roome joler pipe lik karar janno tank e jal besi khaon thakto na, chan korte bath roome korte asubidha hoto, sedin tor kaku ek mistry thik kore diye office e chole gelo bole gelo kanu bole ek.