One of the offshoots of which will be the worldwide shortage of diamonds and this will create a commercial advantage situation for someone. Our people...back home are keeping a watch on the commodity markets to see they can identify any factions from transactions. Meanwhile we’ve been sent out to see if we can find any clues from this end.’ ‘How do you propose to achieve this?’ ‘We don’t actually have a plan as such, yet that is. You know the old adage, ‘the best laid plans of mice and men. ” My conversation was just tailing off into unfinished sentences at this point.Gary looked on in wonder and expectation at what I was going to say, like he was listening to some great orator about to impart the wisdom of Plato, mind you he always was one for a story. I slumped back in the armchair as the telly flickered its nonsense in the corner.How was I to know? I mean, it should have been obvious, shouldn't it?2.The George was a normal pub, our local since we were kids of 15, always. “Who is Paula?” Jen said, snapping back out of her memories.“Never mind, please tell me what happened next.” Alene implored.“I don’t know, I just know that at some point I started thinking again, I understood what was going on, I understood that you cursed me with this ... I was not thinking clearly, no. I wasn’t thinking at all ... I fucked a girl and left her at your house to let you know I got back. I don’t remember it too clearly, I just remember leaving her here.” Jen pointed to the point. I smiled, he asked me which standard and I said 8th. He said he works as a senior officer in a pvt company and stays in the company provided quarters which I knew was couple of stops after mine. He said he stays with his wife and daughter is studying in Pune and stays in a hostel there. He asked my name and I said Radhika, I told him about my family and in the meanwhile our bus came, as usual it was crowded he asked if we should miss this one, I said I was getting late and cant. He said as I.