"I just...I dunno." What?"She shook her head. "It's nothing."My big brother instincts kicked in, overriding my more lecherous thoughts. "If something ...as wrong, you'd tell me, right?" Mmhmm."And that was that. I went about the rest of my day, and things went on as before, for another week.But little things started becoming clearer to me. How long she'd stay in her room, how nervous she seemed in general. And every time I passed her, no matter what she was wearing, I just had the impression that. It's hard to write about it, even after all this time. She had died of lung cancer, too many cigarettes, I guess; no one knew about it until afterward of course, she had been like that- never wanting to upset or worry anybody.I suppose it doesn't really matter, like I said, she died just before The End. I suppose the only reason I bring it up is because, well... she had been my only family.I feel like a bastard to say it, but I was almost relieved the day she died.I know it sounds horrible,. “Nah,” Terrence said. “I'm way too big, too old and I scream desperation.” he said shaking his head. None of us argued, we knew he was right. “Can't be me,” Damien said. He had his beer in his hand, the wedding ring could be seen easily. “So that leaves us two,” Howard smiled at me. He looked like a kid in a candy store. “You two look, while the two of us look at the game,” Howard smiled. It took a while but then Terrence patted Howard on the shoulder. “Sorry Howard Jarrad, you are not the. ” Priyanka immediately knew that Suresh was in it but still flushed a darker shade of red. After basic introductions, I gave them my room number and walked away.They met me in the lobby near the elevators. As we rode up, Priyanka looked a bit unsure. I patted her arm in a reassuring gesture and said, “Don’t worry, I don’t kill”, I just eat”. She smiled.As I ushered them into my room, I saw it was close to 1 o’Clock. The room service had still set the champagne on ice at the table with a few.