“Aren’t you sleepy?” she asked in a low voice. I was terrified and somehow mumbled, “No, it’s hot and I slept well in the afternoon”.Silen...e occupied between us and we both wanted to make a move but lacked the courage. Finally, she placed her right hand on the back of my head and started playing with my hair. “This is a good sign”, I thought and placed my left hand over her ribs and started feeling her back. I could feel her bra strap over her kameez and we were kind of hugging each other. This. It was very uncomfortable for her as Lakshmi was feeling sultry even with the AC on.I decided that it is time to help her out. I went close to her and said, “You can change into night clothes, aunty”. Lakshmi was a bit shy and did not say anything. I pressed on saying, I will leave her alone if Lakshmi is not comfortable with me in her room. Lakshmi obviously didn’t want me to feel bad and hence Lakshmi decided to change into her night clothes. Lakshmi changed into a semi-transparent night. Face it like this: let's say you must get from point A to point B by passing through 10 steps. You can't successfully reach from step 1 to step 4 if you don't pass through steps 2 and 3 first, and it is obvious that you can't reach to step 10 from step 1, if you don't pass first through steps 2, 3, 4, 5…and so on. The truth is that, in most cases, miracles are possible only with hard work and efforts, so you should take it like...one day at a time. ;)Also, it is very important to note that the. "Try some of these," Dad said, beaming. He held out a bag from our local bakery, full of treats. "I could hardly wait until you finished to give you these," he said. "You've been practicing so hard."You can say that again, I thought.Mom took a pastry and took a small bite, quickly raising her other hand to catch the crumbs that spilled from her mouth. "Thanks Drew. You shouldn't have," Mom mumbled."You too, Jon," Dad insisted.I chose a butterhorn, my favorite, and took a large bite.I couldn't.