. uh ... Tim. Why didn't he tell me his brother was going to be here tonight? Was that the important news he wanted to tell me? Before I know it, Mr. ...rawley is finished and gesturing to me. Everyone in the room is politely cheering.On slightly unsteady legs, surprised, I step up to the podium, "Uh ... thank you. Thank you all for coming tonight, and hopefully you'll come in the following weeks to our follow-up auctions leading up to the big one next month. Even if you don't think you can. Prudence stared at her abdomen, which wasn’t so full or strained as it had been, but still seemed too large.“What’s going on?” she panted.“It’s time to push the second one out,” said the doctor. “Just like you did before, Prudence. Give me a nice, big push when you feel the next contraction.”“Second one?” Prudence sounded lost.“Twins!” gasped Mirriam. She leaned over to kiss Prudence on her sweaty forehead, and then wiped it with a towel.“I suspected as much,” said Doctor Foster. “But I wasn’t. How are you?” Milla’s excited voice floated up to me as I walked back down the stairs.A musical voice with a mischievous hint to it followed, “You brat Milla. Why did I have to find out you all were back from that asshat, Dereck? You should have said something in your last letter.” I turned toward the voices when I exited the staircase and was once again struck dumb.“Why me,” floated through my head and out my mouth, unbidden.Upon hearing my voice, they both turned and Milla doubled over. “Old? You guys don’t look that old?” Suresh said.“Yeah, guy, who are you calling old?” Neha playfully added.“Also, village life is not as romantic as you make it sound. It’s too quiet, too lax, too boring!” Suresh said, with little more vigor than he intended.“Well, those are the reasons why we are moving there,” Pawalman said resolutely.“But, you will have to deal with so much hassle that you wouldn’t need to in the cities.”“Oh, please. How bad can it be?” Neha snorted. “No AC, no heater? Bad.