Indeed, in every sense of the way, I thought to myself. I hit the sack earlier than I normally did, laying in the dark …thinking about Alexis as I d...ifted into a deep sleep. Chapter 11. Saturday morning, Mike woke me up with breakfast in bed, he is such a darling, most of the times. It was Spring break …Lizzy are going to her grand parents, my in-laws. Josh already left on a camping trip. He was going to drop Lizzy off at the airport and then of to play golf with his buddies …and I decided to. One by one they were introduced and Laura shook hands with Sultan, an overweight Indian with little hair, Imrak was more respectable and stood to acknowledge her greeting. He was tall and well built with a cheeky glint in his eyes. Sanjit’s brother Mohammed was next, a few years younger then Sanjit in his late 30s, he smiled recalling the last time he had met Laura with a grin. And Laura’s cheeks reddened as she remembered their brief but somewhat sickly encounter. Raj was finally. Would be better butthis wasn't bad and would be quite enough to surprise his mum thisweekend. Just a few days to go, once he caught himself looking at the hair on hislegs and wondering whether to remove it. 'Get a grip' he thought, 'you'retaking this too seriously' Saturday came and he started to put his plan into operation. His father,as expected, had left early and he started to get ready after he had hismorning wash. It was 8.00 am, Mum was still asleep, her radio alarm hadnot yet gone off,. I was walking, well, I say walking but I mean limping, down the alleyway to get back to my car which was parked in a Disabled Driver’s parking bay close by. I was leaning on a hiking pole, not because I was likely to go far or anywhere rugged, just that I was too damned proud to use a walking stick. So, I was leaning on this pole as I made my way painfully through the litter strewn on the floor of the alley, kicking my way through discarded plastic carrier bags and packaging. The alley, I.