“Can I come in?” she asked, sounding more polite than what she had been in the last few weeks.“O yes, please come in,” he opened the door and ...et her in. She looked around at the room, looking at the mess her colleagues had created and looked at him questioningly. “You missed a great party, as you can see. I wish you could have joined us early,” Ayan said, still unsure that he was seeing her in person.“No, I wanted to see you alone,” she said, “which is why I was waiting for them to leave. I think overall he'll be really glad about this."For one brief moment, Simone sensed something in her mother's expression that got her attention and made her think there was more her mother wanted to say, or that might be on her mind. But the notion was gone as quickly as it had come. The three went on discussing the details of the potential new arrangement.The option was shared with Kevin later that day. And although he did say he would miss his parents, he chose to stay behind with his. I pulled into the parking lot of a block of dingy looking flats. Three years ago, I had known she didn’t have a lot of money. I could tell by her cheap clothes and badly coloured hair. I don’t know why I had expected her to have moved up, but I was surprised she was still living in someplace so poor. I guess I couldn’t quite understand. After all, I had never worked for my own money and she was putting herself through school on a bartender’s salary. “It was nice to see you again.” I pulled a. " I picked up my beer and followed her. We sat opposite each other rather than on the same side of the booth. In the future it was possible that we might become lovers, but both of us understood that this was not the appropriate evening for that to occur. As soon as we were settled Dana said, "Frankie I'm so nervous." "I understand, I am too." "Pete's been a rotten husband, but I once loved him and we've spent twelve years together. Realizing that it's all about to come to an end is difficult.".