She never liked me and was pretty surprised and annoyed to see me in such a state and on such a rainy day. Luckily, before she could start asking ques...ions Roma rushed in from her room upstairs and brusquely shoved her away. Roma knew of her mother’s dislike and she too just tolerated her mother’s orthodoxy which clashed with her liberal attitude. Roma and I climbed the indoor stairs and went inside her room. Her mother stayed down, grumbling on her own.Once inside her room I embraced Roma; she. I looked at the nanny with her prematurely grey hair and studied her for a moment as I pretended to watch the game. The sharp girl with the innocent eyes caught me looking and I thought she blushed but it was difficult to tell because she had darker than normal skin tone.I was not looking at her out of any sense of sexual interest but merely out of curiosity wondering what had brought her to New York City. I confess I was interested about her back story on her relocation to the Big Apple. It. Like old times." "Jackie, I can't. You know how Adam is about me going out alone, especially to some concert, and if you forgot, we didn't really leave off on the best of terms with Alejandra." "First of all, tell that prick he can bite you, and second, if I recall correctly, you stopped seeing her, I was never friends with her to begin with." Sherri gritted her teeth in anger, "You're going senile in your old age, I see. Apparently, you've conveniently forgotten the little reason why I stopped. All mine!”She changed into a lovely blouse and skirt. It seems that no matter what she’s wearing, she’s beautiful. I guess I knew that all along, but this trip has gotten me thinking a lot about her.We met up with the folks and went in together. The hostess asked, “Party of four?”“Actually,” I said, “Could you get me and my girlfriend a separate table?”Jess giggled, dad smiled broadly, and mom turned around to look at us.“Gee Mrs. Rogers, I didn’t realize that you and Jessica looked like twins.