The evening wore on predictably with everyone drinking far too much and getting noisy. The landlord rang the bell and we said our goodnights and wound...our way home. Tim had to walk past our house to get to his parents place, so he walked with us. Jackie walked in between us and was holding both mine and Tim’s hands. When we got to our gate Jackie kissed Tim on the cheek and bade him goodnight, and Tim said something about not getting invited in for a dance! Oh God I thought - you've just blown. I couldn't stand to be away from him any longer. I grabbed a vibrantly yellow towel, tied it round my hips and went back to the bedroom. Jesse wasn't there. The bed was empty, the sheets twisted, and I glanced around the room uselessly, looking for the tall shape of my boyfriend.Gone. Jesse was gone."Fuck!" I ran from the room, out of the main door to the little apartment and into Alec and Chaime's enormous back garden. "Jes?" I couldn't see him, cast around the garden, but he wasn't there.. ”A bench trial would take away Littleton’s main tactic - grandstanding in front of a jury. Jamie wasn’t sure we’d get it, as Littleton would do everything in his power to ensure a jury trial, but the other part of the tactic was playing to the judge’s desire for ‘judicial economy’ in handling his heavy case load.“What’s the amount of the billing dispute?” the judge asked, flipping through the paperwork before him.“$412.50,” Jamie replied helpfully.“Mr. Littleton?”“Your honor, if we can prove. Hum ek dusre ke bohat close aa gaye and din mein office mein baat kartey and raat ko WhatsApp pe.Ek din maine us sey mazaak mazaak mein puch liya ki boyfriend hai. To usney kaha ki pehle tha ab break up hogya maine usey tang kartey huye kaha ki kuch kiya ya bas naam ka hi boyfriend tha. Ye suntey hi woh khul ke baat karney lagi. Aur kehne lagi ke un dono ne sab kuch kiya hai and she loves sex.To maine kaha ki ab kaise chalta hai kaam. To woh topic change karne laggi. Jab maine force kiya to.