Deep down inside, I felt very jealous of him and wanted to have her too in my life.She could fulfill both my last wishes, so I pleaded with Rajesh to ...elp me. Looking at my condition, he agreed to help me out. He introduced Shreyas to me, and we three became close friends soon.Once Shreyas bonded well with us, I shared my last wish with him and begged his support. He didn’t agree at first. But looking at my condition, he too agreed to help me out.Now we three somehow had to convince Shreyas’s. Okay, maybe I didn't ask him that, but it certainly was on my mind the entire time. I can say though, that he was able to make me feel comfortable throughout the early conversation, and by the time the waiter arrived he may have even thought we were long time friends the way we were carrying on.It was after the waiter left with our menus that our talk began to turn more onto the naughty path. Slowly at first, as these things often go I assume, but very deliberately. Jerome asked me about my. Feeling a tad light headed I excused myself to the bathroom while trying to remember how many drinks I had, I relieved myself and washed up while splashing my face with cold water in the attempt to sober myself up, then adjusting my mask and cape I re-entered the party with all it's noise and laughter.I looked around catching tail ends of conversation while looking for my wife, smiling to the odd workmate and eyeing the tight and sexy costumes on many of the ladies and feeling rather excited in. "Um. I'd really like to, but I was just popping in to ask about the garden. I need to meet a friend shortly. But perhaps another time? I mean, really, another time?"I shrugged. "Sure. Like I said, if I'm in, call." I didn't expect her to, not at all.Just the next day, though, I found I was wrong. She must have heard the gate (cast iron – noisy when it shuts unless you're very careful) because she was at the kitchen door when I went in to make my own tea. She was in a dress ... despite the time.