”“It was,” I admitted. “Was this your intent? Your parents conveniently gone?”“What do you think?”“I think you’re a conniving bitch....��“And that surprises you?”“No. But...”“But what?”“You know why we waited.”“Your girlfriend.”“Conniving bitch?”“Okay. So I probably could have had this happen sooner.”I couldn’t help laughing. “You did this for the play.”“It could give us a bit more resonance.”“And our friendship?”“I hope it continues,” she replied earnestly. “Except...”“Except?”“I didn’t expect the. I nodded my head "Yes". I watched her eyes get bigger and her breathing increased. She had a small glow around her as she kept staring at me. "Do you have any milk or something to drink. These cookies are making me thirsty." she said. "Yeah, hold on let me go get you some."I turned to walk toward the kitchen. She stayed in the front entrance and kept talking to me. "You can order some know and I can bring them to you later. You can also pay later if you don't have the money know. Did I tell you. "Yes she did. After she had finished scolding us she asked who you both were," Suman giggled."We told them who you were," Mira said."Some of the girls were familiar with your work, some them had heard your name but not read any of your stories and imagine Rosie ma'am had not even heard of you," Nisha said."He can't be that good," Rosie had stated."Whenever I travel I carry all your works with me. I gave her a couple of your stories and told her to judge for herself. Others also wanted to read,. “Is something wrong?”Her eyes were wide on him. yet expressionless. Her mouth opened as though to say something, but it only enforced a look of shock. Her hand rested on a bookshelfYorke was sure she was about to faint. He reached out a hand~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Julie Sumner was not about to faint. Confused, oh yes very confused. Disturbed, yes, she had been for a few weeks. But her thinking was dominated by this stranger’s request. Of all the books in the shop, even in the world, why.