“Well, you’re older than you look.” “Thanks, I guess.” “I’ll make you a cake for your birthday.” “Oh—you don’t have to.” “Ar... you sure? It can be a neighborly thing. As you can see, I love to bake.” Go on. Take the damn cake! I imagined Jake yelling at me if I didn’t respond to what I thought might be Jessie flirting with me. So I told her, “Sure—if you want to surprise me with something.” “I definitely will!” I still couldn’t wrap my head around thinking of her as a friend, someone on a first. “Umm. It is good. I like it.” She said in a complementary tone.As the Lakers won, I handed the remote to her and said “leejeye, kuch bhi laga leejeeye.” “Arre, nahi beta, laga do na tumhi.” She said as she took the remote. I knew she wanted to watch Jay Leno or Drew Carry. Since she came to stay with us, my wife and myself had really tuned her in to some of the American shows. “Friends” was her favorite show. As I sipped my drink, She switched some channels and tuned it to some thing. It had always been my dream since getting into medical school to work in the country, so I was so excited when I was offered a position as a Registrar in a town not far from where I grew up.I was to spend the year under the supervision of two experienced doctors who would introduce me to working in a general practice clinic as well as covering the local bush hospital Emergency Department and in-patients care.A little about myself; I am twenty-four having just finished six years of med school. I. I missed it.”I said, “It was fantastic. I can’t explain how good it was.”Kavya was more vocal and bubbled with enthusiasm. She told her about the swimming pool and the games we played (not fucking games). We were silent for a minute. Anita was wondering why we visited her on a Sunday.I asked her, “How do you like the office set-up? Are you happy you’re your colleagues?”Anita was puzzled, “Why do you ask? All are fantastic. So friendly and well behaved.”I held her hands in mine and pleaded,.