It was after 6 PM. I had eaten little that day. I considered whether to even answer it. The first call I did not. Less than a half hour later the phon... rang again. This time I picked up the phone. I said. "Hello"It was Mr. Parker he said. "Betty why did you leave?" When everyone trickled off to bed I went to my room. My room had been changed into a chapel. I looked at the room map and list. My name was not on the list, and I could find no room to sleep in and no spare beds so I walked back. Coming to the story, this happened in 2007, few weeks before my Class 12 final exams; I skipped my school and rode all the way to her house, to try my luck again. That was my 4th or 5th attempt to seduce her and little did I know that the day was going to be the most memorable day of my life. By the time I reached her home, her husband has left for work and the main gate was locked from inside. I tried the door bell twice or thrice, receiving no response, I quickly jumped over the compound wall. I'll do it." What piece do you want?" She pointed at the ruby bracelet."I still want that bracelet first." OK. But you get it afterwards. And if you fail, it goes back. After we clean it, of course. You wait here."She agreed. I went in and bought it, slipped it into my coat pocket and joined her back out in the street.Later that week, I set it up. I have a friend who runs a club in the next town, and he was only too glad, once I offered him $5000 for the use of his club for one night, to set it. Heartbreak and sorrow only made love and joy all the sweeter. She treasured all of it, tasting every breath, enjoying every slice of the thorns. He wanted roses, and she would bring them to him. He was a kind master. He loved her and trusted her with his life. In turn, she did what he said. He'd promised that if she helped him, he would keep her alive. She would never have to be alone again.Little by little the dream faded, gradually enough that she couldn't define the precise moment she woke.