It has let the numbers that parked on this floor leave, and the sounds of cars leaving and doors slamming belong on the lower levels, muffled by the c...ncrete floor. My nerves jangle and my decision falters. My teeth cut into my lip. We are daring much to do this. His career, just starting out. Mine, long established. Nurses, resident;, it’s done, but not in empty parking lots, and not between men. We reach my truck, deserted in the back of the lot, and I turn, back against the steel side. My. Ryuku looked around the bedroom. Someone clever had brought wardrobecases, boxes, and tissue paper to the room.'Dai-san is right, this job is important too,' Ryuku told herself. Sheknew how Hiromi-san valued her belongings. "Listen carefully, this ishow we will work....."*****In the kitchen area, Juanita Perez was gathering food in order to feedher employer for the next two days. The fifty-nine-year-old Philippineborn Grandmother was worried about the future. What would she and herfamily do if. My wife was about to leave for office so she told Usha to make a cup of tea for me. By the time Usha made tea it was 10 am and my wife had gone for office. After making tea Usha entered my bedroom. I was still on the bed reading newspaper lying on the bed. She said ‘saheb chaha’. I looked up at her. She smiled. I too smiled. I said ‘Keep there. I will just brush and come.”After washing my face, as I entered the bedroom, I saw her sitting on the chair beside the bed and reading Marathi. ”Rachel saw a glimmer of hope in that statement.“I am a bit curious about something, though,” Audrey said as she adjusted the skirt of the business outfit she was wearing. “You undoubtedly had a plan when you came in here, some line of thought on how to convince Clarence to let you work off the debt. Why is it that I have the feeling that there was more to it than what you’ve told me?”With any chance of resolving the matter to her advantage resting on a razor’s edge, Rachel knew she had to be.