You were always a loose cannon. I’ve loved you as a friend, for who you are, and as a lover, and had things gone just a bit differently, I probably ...ould have married you and made both of us unhappy for years until you finally left me, or vice versa. Let me talk with my family about this. They understand where you are more than you know.”Janice stared at me a minute, and then nodded. She looked at the other ladies with measurement of their character in her eyes. She jotted down her number and. I was on cloud nine, this was a sign. Married or not, here was my chance to bed her, but I had to wait until the opportune moment.The moment finally arrived on a monsoon Friday. The weather forecast was heavy torrential downpour post 6 PM. So I started early and dropped off Anu at her hostel and was engaged in the usual chit-chat when I received the call from Salma.Salma told me that she was stuck in the office since her car had broken down and was unable to get a cab. She asked me if I could. .. I never smoked one before," Tamera blurted. She instantly wished she hadn't admitted that, for now she really sounded uncool. She wished she hadn't drunk all that concoction he'd made, for she wasn't thinking clearly and felt awfully warm, and there was a weight pressing down on her forehead and eyes."A little grass never hurt nobody," Jason scoffed."Yeah, don't worry about a thing," Nancy said, exhaling.Don't worry... She'd said the same thing to her mother only hours earlier, and here she. "Where is she?"I tipped my head toward the back room. He looked in and I saw his face pass through about a hundred emotions.I didn't want to ask what was going on. But when people start acting weird like that, you know bad news is coming. I didn't want to ask him, but I knew eventually he was gonna tell me whether I wanted to hear it or he wanted to say it."Is Grandma sick?" I asked. It sounded loud in the small space.He nodded slowly. I didn't ask anymore questions. We let her sleep. I.