”“How badly?” Marilyn asked. Couldn’t she wait until they were alone to go into his academic problems. He’d had some triumphs, too.“I got ... C on my first test -- a low C.”“You have to understand,” Marilyn said, “it might have been the first C he’d ever received on a math test.” Now, she sounded as though she were defending him.“I blew a couple of pop quizzes in high school. But it was damn-well the first B I’d ever gotten as a final grade in math.”“I remember,” said yet another girl, “the first. With them was a second African gentleman she did not know.'Debbie dear, you remember Joshua, Daddy's boss. He is staying with us this weekend and I want you to treat him as part of the family.' Debbie nodded and looked over at Joshua, who was just as impressive as she remembered if he was wearing a towelling robe and not one of his sharp business suits.'Go and greet him properly then with a nice hug.'Debbie bounced over to Joshua, though there was nervousness in her stride now. Joshua swept her. SEBASTIAN: Shrugged?MICHELLE: I'm still trying to figure it out. Like she was saying, yes, we can do it, but it didn't matter? Like she didn't care that they were going to do something so...SEBASTIAN: She was giving permission without fully engaging. She was leaving space for either of them to back out.MICHELLE: Maybe. I was just expecting something more, you know? She was going to do something insane, why did she act like it was no big deal?SEBASTIAN: She must have been comfortable with the. I didn’t mind at all and didn’t think of it much as after all Everyone was happy as it was a wedding time. all this time my sister was mostly busy with her wedding stuff or on the phone with her to be hubby.In the evening, we had a Pooja thing that carried on till late. As My parents and masi were tired, they let me and the three kids be there once all people were gone. we were asked to see the Panditji off once the pooja finished. I got up once in the middle of it to find out that my mum and.