"By now Celine was a wretched soul slumped on Helens side of the sofa. She was expecting to have something to come home to, a sister, a father and mot...er. A life she's missed out on. Instead she learns she has nothing. She lifted her moist red eyes to mine."The horrible thing now is that I miss her and my parents with an ache that I suddenly find crippling. I always knew that I could somehow make my way home and everything would end up ok. It never occurred to me that there would ever be a time. I am Remo (name changed), working in Hyderabad. This incident occurred last year when I moved in to a place near to my office. It was an apartment and most of the people who stayed there were married except for 2 flats. There was a flat opposite to mine where a couple stayed. The husband leaves early and comes late. Wife’s a homemaker. I work in night shifts and usually come around 7 or 8am.One day, as I was about to walk in to my flat, the wife from the opposite flat came out and was dressed. She opened the window and let the paper bits fall into the rain gutter where they were flushed away.She now had allies to rely on, and a good thing that was, for the wedding to Mr. Edwin Carrick was only two weeks away. Her father had announced the date on the morning after Captain Anson had sailed from Salcombe. Two more weeks to arrange things, two more weeks of desperate attempts to restore her own speaking voice.From the first, Elizabeth had realised that short of saying "no" in front of. We received a few presents, and there was some singing and later dancing. Our sisters and their husbands left for their homes early, and it was only our parents and us four. I danced with Annie for a long time, and held my sweet girlfriend close even longer.Later when Annie and I crawled into bed on this birthday night, there wasn't any surprise birthday present. We hugged, kissed, and cuddled for a time before making long, soft, romantic love. We had become very accustomed to each other, and.