He listened but said little. I excused myself when I heard the timer go off on the washing machine and went down the hall to load the dryer and anoth...r load of laundry. When I came back to the kitchen he asked me, How are you going to reimburse me for the flowers? I'm not sure, I replied, how much are you asking? We haggled, his price was too high but he wouldn't budge, I don't have that kind of money I said, is there some way I can work it off. What kind of work do you do? Yard work. I had a lovely breakfast, after which I decided to head up to my room for a bath. I was passing by my grandmother’s room where Supriya was sitting with my cousins’ wives, Nirmala and Kranti. All the ladies were giggling and laughing.I went and informed Supriya I was going for a bath following which we should go out for lunch to the nearby hotel, when suddenly my grandmother spoke up – “Arrey, you’re not giving him an oil bath today, Supriya?”. I smirked at Supriya jokingly and said, “Haan dadi,. At least one of us was confident.“One thing too Mindy,” Daisy declared with a stern voice, “if you don’t keep your word, I will tell mother, and then you know the hell that you will pay for that. No more play money for you and the others you love to be so ‘entertaining’ with at the escort services…”*****************Great, just great, now I am really caught up in this mess. What was supposed to be an intimate evening for me and the four ladies has now turned into a challenge. Like normal I. "The gender test I saw in your desk," she replied calmly. "It came out female." I said, waiting for her to explode like always"When dad leaves, I'd like to take a look at it," she said coldly. "Maybe take it over again with you. Get you over your problems once and for all." Her not yelling or even raising her voice made me feel better than I had in a long time. Maybe she was finally coming around to understanding how I felt. It made me warm inside that maybe she could care for me as much as a.