22 Ruger pistol. He locked the steel door to the storage area and went to the trail the men would have to take to the Jeep. Casey squatted down in the...brush behind some trees and waited. ******************** Around two PM Raff opened the front door of the cabin. ‘Hey Casey, you out there?’ He called. Not getting an answer he yelled again. ‘I know you’re there somewhere. He still didn’t get a response and continued, ‘We’re going for a little walk and we’re taking the girl with us. If you try. Days passed very fast and so was our closeness. We started liking each other. Soon my 2nd Semister exam was over and I had to go to Mumbai to do it in a reputed org. and she did it at Delhi.The didtance increased our love and we were dying to meet each other! Once I came back from Mumbai, we met at college. We were taking all sorts of steps not to make our love story public.On one Delhi’s winter night, I disclosed my love towards her and she also said the same!! I was on cloud nine!!I told her. Instead I sat in the rocking chair on the front porch. I chain smoked my way to sunrise, until my husband came looking for me.“What’s wrong? Why are you out here?” he asked concerned.I couldn’t speak. All I could do was cry…. Again. I thought I had no tears left but I was wrong. “Baby what’s wrong? What time did you get in? How long have you been out here?” he reached out to hold me but I pushed him away. “Oh god baby you’re freezing! Tell me what’s wrong!”I was crying harder and shaking my. A cold drizzle was settling in.We didn’t screw around in the locker room, and as soon as we were ready, we piled onto the buses and took off. We formed a giant yellow convoy rolling north up I-75. It was dark as sin, as my grandmother would say, but heavy rain held off and traffic was light. Initially there was a lot of talk about the game, but after a bit everybody curled up on game bags and rolled-up jackets and slept as best they could. It was damn late by the time we got home. The.