Then she looked at mummy.‘Madhu you both go and enjoy yourself. I will take care of Shashi’ mummy volunteered. ‘Thank you mummy’ Madhu didi sa...d then turning to jiju asked, ‘Mohan what time do you think we can be at their house?’ ‘We should leave here at six’ jiju replied then looking at Rashmi didi added, ‘would that be okay?’‘Great but Jiju I must warn you that Madhu will sleep with me in my room and you will have to share the guestroom with Abhi’ Rashmi didi said laughing. ‘Doesn’t matter,. But, Julie reminded herself, Ashlee was a train wreck when it came to relationships. Maybe guys like Greg were appealing in the bedroom, but what good were they in the long run? On the other hand, what good was a long run that left her, well… longing? After breakfast and a shower, Julie still felt awful. She sat down in front of her computer and read Greg’s email again, mulling over Ashlee’s advice. Ashlee was just saying what Julie wanted to hear. But the fact that it was what Julie wanted to. The, uh...”“Bodhrán?” she supplied, smiling only a little.“Yeah, that. After all this time you’d think I’d remember how to say it right. But anyway, I should’ve brought it over, but I forgot. I can have my mom drive by here on the way out.”“No, I’ll be at the market soon. Leave it at your aunt’s, and I’ll go over this week and pick it up.”“Okay. Please thank Mr. Martin from Lara, because it really was nice of him to let her borrow it all this time.”“He was most happy to see someone take it up. On her way to the door, plain brown paper bag in hand, she stopped for one last look. The glass shaft twinkled in a stray sunbeam, as if winking at her. She peered at the price again. Ridiculous! Maybe, if it was still here come payday...It was.Allison hurried home, much-smaller paper bag nestled discreetly in the bottom of her secondhand Vuitton handbag.Alone in her dinky living room, she reverently unwrapped her prize. It was oddly cool to her touch. This was no toy, like that silly, absurdly.