I sighed to myself and a smile appeared on my face. As she had come straight from work, she was still wearing her navy blue pants and light blue unifo...m top, emblazened with school logo. I filled the kettle, took out two cups from the cupboard and sat down in the kitching, waiting for Sally to return. Little over a minute later, I heard the chain flush and the tap water gushing into the sink upstairs at quite a force. As usual, everything she did was very boistrous! I was in the middle of. ”“Thank you, Akshat.”“Come on, let’s have some Pizza.”“Yes, yes. I am starving.”Radhika went to the washroom while I settled down the plates and the pizza box, turned on the movie and brought out the bottle of wine. I dimmed the lights and turned on the romantic ones after she came back.I sat just beside her on the sofa instead of the opposite. I offered her a slice and we started eating. Since the pizza box was on her side of the table, I had to reach out to the box over her legs. While taking. Sometimes I’m just stupid.”“Natalie you’re not stupid but sometimes, actually very rarely, you say something thoughtless. The young woman I’m talking about is my age and when she was in high school her parents, and little brother, were murdered by a drunk driver.”Shamefaced, Natalie just nodded.“Then her uncle and aunt swooped in and drugged and kidnapped her and kept her confined at their home while they looted her parent’s estate. The night she graduated from high school she escaped and she. I walked over to Rick. He looked relieved to see me but also a little worried. "Let's get outa here, ok?" sure" I said. Big Roy looked over at him, handed Rick his card and said "call me, ya hear?"A deals a deal!" Rick turned to look at me and then back at him. The bimbo just snapped her gum and rolled her eyes.We were back home now. And after eating some good hot food, we all took our baths and got comfortable. Rick was extremely quiet. He didn't want to talk about it though. I suggested we.