Aisha went into her own bedroom while Manoj and Vani went into Manoj’s bedroom. Once in the bedroom, Manoj closed the door and locked it. He switche... off the bright lights and switched on the beautiful golden night lights. The stage was set.Manoj walked towards Vani and wrapped his arms around her neck. He swayed the curl of her hair on the backside and started kissing her on the lips. Initially, it was only lip kissing. But soon, they gave in to their temptations and started exchanging each. That lasted until the elevator door opened again.God damn it! Sitting there in the small foyer in front of our suite door were the same two DHS jerk-offs we'd seen twice before. And they weren't, it seemed, in a good mood—not surprising, given that it was about 1:00 a.m. and they'd probably been waiting quite a while for us."Where the hell have you been?" snarled Smith as we emerged.Well, fuck that. I wasn't Scarpia any more, I'd left him back at the opera house, but even Nick Volker didn't. "It's not exactly the way you want to win a legal dispute is all." Again, he paused before concluding the call. "I'm sorry Mom please, of course it's my responsibility. I don't need a lecture on that," she heard him say. He was clearly a bit annoyed with Carol. "And I'm sorry for that tone. I'm just in a bit of shock is all. I'll see you at home later, OK."Tony slowly stood and handed the receiver back to Alice. "Tony, are you OK?" she asked with growing concern.That seemed to somewhat snap. 
“Nothing, so whatever you want, any way you want.”
 Lynette maneuvered the wheelchair into the living room. She and Don had bought the house four years ago right after the accident which had left her paralyzed from the waist down. He had spent almost a year in making it handicap accessible and remodeling furniture, counters, etc to her height. Then two years ago the recession hit and Don was thrown out of work. The mortgage payments were strapping them, there were the costs of raising five and.