"Well then, let's get toit."* * *We got to "the facility" late that first night. It wasn't nearly asintimidating as it sounded, they called themselv...s a "cosmeticrejuvenation spa", and were located in a building adjoining a five starhotel, which was itself adjoining a shopping mall. And although we'dspend our nights in the spa, for treatment, Helen had booked us a smalljunior suite in the hotel as well.The staff there didn't ask a whole lot of questions, they just took ablood sample. I took. Our daughter has a friend who lives on our street. They've been friends since they were in 7th grade but now both have now turned 18 and graduated high school. Her friend, Addy, is basically part of the family as she comes by nearly daily and hangs out with us for all our big family events for the past 6 years. Through that time, we watched her have boyfriends and go from being a "straight A" student and prude to more of a rebel who wants to be bad. She was supposed to go to college but the. " I knew the longer this went on that something like this was going to happen." Sam looked me straight in the eye as she continued, "Although I see Mom almost every week, she has made it very clear that she will not talk about you and what happened. Just let me know when she will be served so that I can be close by to support her if she needs it."Somehow I was surprised at the frequency of contact between Sam and Leanne. I guess I really had not thought about it much. I don't know why but this. Amar prothom time bole ektu laglo, kintu didi kichu’e feel korlo na. Thap’er speed ta joto bhabchi barabo, kintu prothom bar bole thik barchilo na. Didi byaper ta bujhe amar upor’e uthe elo. Ebar didi amar bara ta or gud’e dhokate nije’e initiative nilo. Didi k besh potu bolte hoi, ek chance’e amar moto anari’r bara ta without any help, nijer bhitore niye byapok jore jore thap nite laglo. Didi thik kola beng’er moto amar opor’e bosechilo. Khub sundor lagchilo, oi bhabe didi k dekhte. Kintu.