But then I remembered whatshe'd been doing a few minutes earlier. I looked into the room behindher, expecting Rex to be there, or to emerge from her ...oom, but he wasnowhere to be seen."What are you looking at?" Rhonda asked, turning to look back into theroom."Are you alone?" I asked quizzically."Huh?" she replied. Then her face lit up in understanding and her handwent to her mouth, in mock embarrassment. "Oh no! You were you in theroom just now?!" she asked.I nodded. "Uh huh." Oh Dan! I'm. The night before he left I took care of him one last time but I could tell he was so excited by heading off on his own that his heart wasn't in it and I had to do all the work just to get him to come before he went to sleep. I was kind of envious of the cheerleaders at the college having him all to themselves but I guess that was just the way of things when they put together a winning team.That weekend, I took a babysitting job with a new couple that lived up next to the interstate highway and. I am really so… ” I rushed with all these words in panic state trying to fix the situation. He stopped me then we pulled up the chairs which were there and sat down. I was about to continue with my clarification as I didn’t want to end this relationship or the arrangement we have. ‘Arrangement’ that’s what Raj called it. He then looked into my eyes and said,“Reeti, it’s okay. You need not give any justification. Just answer me this, do you really mean it, what you said earlier.” He asked me in. Mike stayed with me well past his eighteenth birthday and then finally moved back home to be close to his parents. I told everyone we would finish the job the next Monday and let everyone go home a little early as we were ahead of schedule. I asked Mike if he wanted to come home to have dinner with my wife and me. He agreed but wanted to go and clean up first and asked me if it was all right if he brought his new girlfriend along as he had promised her he would take her out that evening. I.