When she still did not appear, it suddenly became clear, what she was hinting by pointing at her bedroom in the morning. Satish found himself in an ar...used state. He quickly went to his room, changed to one of his best lungi, (a cloth worn by men, draped like a sari) returned and climbed up the stairs to her room. When he entered the room he was surprised not to find her there and when he turned to leave the room, he found the door of her bathroom ajar and he was thrilled when he saw her. You said I could use your phone?”I took it down and handed it to her. It was an old-style corded satellite phone. Definitely an afterthought in this plane, and I was replacing it soon. “Dial the whole number, you don’t need the one in front, then push that green button. It should go through. If not, try again.”“Hi, Daddy. (Pause.) I have no idea. In the air over somewhere. No, someone elses. You were right about Fred. It took almost a year, but you were right. (Pause.) Another woman. He wanted. At this point I could still have carried on walking and gone home but I looked round to see if I could see anyone I knew if I had I would have carried on but no one was in sight and I just looked at him and said "ok" he smiled and said "come baby girl" and walked into the office I followed and he took my hand and walked past the pool table to a door at the back which he opened and led me into a narrow dark passage, at this point I became scared and thought what the fuck am I doing I turned. "That sounds like fun," Ellen said excitedly. "Take me there, Danny."I stood and collected my sister from her chair and then escorted her through the arched doors into the hotel's grand ballroom.It was grand too. It featured high ceilings with crystal chandeliers and oil paintings on the walls. Bistro tables surrounding a shiny hardwood dance floor and a raised area where a fifty-piece orchestra was just tuning up.The tables were filling with people in formalwear but a member of the hotel's.