Everything else -- and that meant everything -- was still up in the air as Dave started the Chevy, gave Shae a final wave goodbye, and headed out into...the relatively light Staten Island Sunday morning traffic. They'd known from the beginning he wanted to leave early in hopes of getting home to Bradford before Tyler and Cameron had to go to bed. Still, it was awfully hard to leave and face the long drive with his back to Shae, even though he felt another day like it might have killed him.Dave. Butanyway, I've been to weddings but not to church- church, like forservices. My folks weren't religious at all." They were atheists?" Not even that. I mean an atheist at least has opinion about if there'sa God or not. And an agnostic wonders. But they didn't know, didn'tcare, couldn't bother. I remember my Dad used to like to joke that webelonged to the parish of Our Lady of the California Angels. Always toldthe Jehova's Witnesses 'Just keep walking'. And it seemed weird to methat they never. ”“Well sure,” said Jessica happily, and called down to room service for a bottle of brandy. Afterward they spent a couple of hours lounging around, drinking and talking.As they talked Jessica realized that, without being conscious of it, she’d assumed that Erica came from an underprivileged background, that tragic circumstances had led her to a life of vice. But in fact Erica’s family was middle-class and she had gone to (though not graduated from) college.“My junior year a girl I knew told me. “Sit down on the bed … please” – I instantly recognised the voice, realising I hadn’t even been told her name, but it was Rajs’ gorgeous niece without doubt.“You are a very attractive man …. and I just wanted to show my gratitude for inviting me to your party”“You’re not permitted to touch …. but I assume you WOULD like to see what an Indian woman really wears under her sari?”With this, she turned on my bedside lamp, and momentarily stood stock-still by my side of the bed, giving me a moment to.