’ And she looks away again and just nods and leaves. Oh, well. I KNEW this wouldn’t last way back when – and yet I did it anyway and even worse ... really did start to get emotionally attached to her, after all. Damn it. ******* Rachel – I left ‘our’ apartment for the last time without even saying goodbye to Jim. Strange that I just thought of him as ‘Jim’ right now instead of ‘little Jimmy’ as I had been thinking of him – and calling him to others – for the last year or so… Well, that went well,. Ezhunthu aunty kanathai pidithu ithazhil mutham koduthu sappa aarambithen auntyai irukamaaga kati pidithu kondu aunty ennaku engalai miga pidithu irukirathu endru sonnen.Aunty amaithiyaaga en ithazhai suvaika aarambithaal, aval iru kangalaiyum irukamaaga muudi kondaal. Aunty mulai en maaril azhunthi irunthathu avalin sexyaga suuthil en kaiyai vaithu thadava aarambithen. Suma sola kudathu aunty suuthu pramathamaaga thukalaaga irunthathu, athil kaiyai vaithu nangu thadavinen.Pinbu en sunni. She said, ‘At least it’s just water. Suppose it was all molasses.’ That sort of restored my perspective and I felt better. She’s right. It’s just water. Let’s relax and have a beer.’ The adjuster came an hour later, and an hour after that we had people all over our house who specialize in cleaning up water damage. An hour after that, carpets were turned back to expose the wet padding underneath, blowers were howling, and a man was punching holes in our walls to determine how much of the drywall. "I can take a check," she explained, "I do hope you'll help usout, because it will mean a lot to Mindy, and to the rest of us too.Here's a copy of the playbill." She handed me a small poster and Icould see that it had an order blank at the bottom for me to fill out.I'm always a patsy for the kid's stuff, so I caved in. The door was still only open just enough for her to hand me theposter, so I said, "O.K. just a minute. I'll fill this out and writeyou a check." I carried the poster a few.