You were onlygiven permission to go over to your friend's house. I never saidanything about letting you go to the candy shop. It's too far away as iti... and besides, if you wanted candy you should have just said so. By theway... who was going to pay for the candy?" I was," I revealed."Oh really now?" she said seemingly surprised and held out her hand."Hand over your purse."I did and she opened it up and fished out the wad of cash I put inthere. She frowned at me and said,"There's got to be over. Before arriving, we’d agreed to mix independently, so it was no surprise to see her chatting quietly with Donald as they strolled around the garden."She's very beautiful, isn't she?"I turn and Jewel is smiling at me.“Yes, she is." I smile back, trying to decide what I'm seeing in her eyes. "And so are you, Jewel."“Why, thank you, kind sir." She giggles — a light, girlish tinkle — and it sends a shiver down my spine as I look at her lips, full, soft, and slightly pouting."Beautiful enough to. Even Asif reciprocated, it was Bharath. Asif’s very old buddy.Both of them greeted each other and hugged and then Asif introduced me to him. We shook hands and we were chatting. Asif asked Bharath to join us. I did not like the ideaI had come out leaving my family just to be with Asif and he is inviting one of his friends to join my birthday lunch.Then after the lunch was over we did not know what to do as we had no place to go.Asif’s roommate was down with fever and he was in the apartment and. "A'Dare's a thieving bastard Tony, I wouldn't deal with him if he was the last butcher around. I get all of my meat from one of the local cow cockies, it's good quality and he doesn't charge like a wounded bull. He usually comes in for a beer around this time so if you hang around I introduce him to you." Thanks Brian, I'd appreciate that."Dom ordered a couple of beers and we sat sipping them, me very slowly, I'm still a bit cautious with alcohol. Soon Brian brought a man over to meet us."Tony,.