I was sad.Aunt: Rishi, what happened? Why are you looking so dull?Me: Why can’t you extend your stay in Bangalore?Aunt: Rishi, I have a family to lo...k after. Your uncle will be struggling alone. Smriti is alone there. I cannot extend my visit. Anyways you don’t worry too much. I have a gift for you. I will give it to you before I leave.It was 1 PM, and she had planned to leave by 2 PM. Soon my Mom called my dad and asked him to take her to the shopping complex. My Mom wanted to buy a saree for. The odour was quite strong, as aresult of the afternoons cheerleading practice I assumed and I just sat thereand let her rub both of her tired feet across my face while breathing it in. Asmirk appeared on her lips as the toes of her right foot slowly passed over mymouth, while my nose remained firmly nestled between the toes of her left. Atthat moment I knew that there was a new understanding between us and thingswould never be the same again. I had left it too late to try and save myselfnow. He pretty quickly got Karen pregnant when she was still only nineteen. The consequential “shot gun” wedding was just what he had planned to prevent losing Karen once she realized what a puffball he really was inside. True, he had been the quarterback, but in reality the coach had sent in all the plays. Nine months later when Karen was still only twenty their daughter Kelly had been born. Meanwhile John had been accepted at a leading Ivy League college on full scholarship and excelled.. " Mark said. "The day's young after all." Bye Beth!" I waved, as Mark put my daughter in his car and drove off.I told Laura to put her suitcase in the guest bedroom. She had been to my place dozens of times, so she knew exactly where to go. I had known her since she was born and knew her Dad long before that. I even changed her diapers when she was a baby. It amazed me that she had grown into a beautiful woman so fast.She joined me in the living room, sitting herself on the couch across from my.