” He answered.“Oh yeah!” Persephone nodded. “But I figured if a kiss could almost get her there ... She always wanted her first time to be wit... someone who loved her anyways.”Persephone couldn’t raise her eyes. She fidgeted her nails in the rips of her jeans.“Jesus, I--”“Would Persephone Kallas please come to the front office? Persephone Kallas to the front office.” The PA bing-bonged off.“What the shit is this about?” Persephone growled to her feet. “Tell them about tonight and I’ll be back as. Shaadi 17th of march ki thi…M 14th of march ko vaha paunch gya ….Sab mjhe dekh k bahut khush hoye …Shaadi ka mahool tha …To bahut relatives aaye hoye the …Maine socha acha hai jaldi aagya …Kya pta yaha aa k kisi ki chut ki mil jaye…But shaadi k din tak aise kuch ni hoya and mai andar se bahut dhuki ho chuka tha ki abhi tak kisi ki chut ni mili ….So shaadi vale din baraat le k ladki vaalo k jagah paunche ….Vaha paunchte hi dance vghra karna start kar dia ….Mere black coat pent pehana hoya tha…. I’ll do it partner.’ I grabbed one of those ubiquitous plastic cups that are synonymous with slot machines and put in the forty quarters I had just won plus added another forty quarters. Darla put in her forty quarters as I thought, ‘I can’t believe I said that garbage with a straight face. Machines are not warmed up, nor are they statistically ready to pay off—it’s random chance with no way of winning. But if that’s what it takes to talk to Darla, I’ll lower my intellectual principles and say. He said he would tighten it up when we got back from our hike. I got into the car with my wife and we drove away. After a few minutes, I realized she was talking to me."Cam, have you heard anything I've just said? I asked you a couple of questions and got no response!"I apologized and lied that I was deep in thought about a work issue.A couple of days later, my wife left for an overnight visit with her mother. I hadn't seen Julie since she dropped the bombshell. I was still feeling some.