We spoke over the phone and decided to meet up for lunch at a restaurant in Manipal.To my delight, Sheena had got another girl Avantika (name changed)...along who happened to be her classmate. She was wearing a red salwar suit, wore spectacles and was dressed in traditional Indian attire. But there was a spark in her eyes that really got my attention. We had a few drinks along with lunch and decided to go for a short drive somewhere. The girls ordered a few cans of beer for later since I had a. "Why do they care anyways? "Yeah?" Scarlett jumped in. I shrugged as I took one last hit off my cig and threw it out the window. "Ma and dad want grandchildren, while Sarah is worried if I'll ever be happy..." I replied, looking out the window. They all fell silent as if there was something dark over our shoulders. I'm not surprised. Sarah worries about all of us -- rather it's something she seems to find odd or not normal. "You know..." I looked over at Adam. Letting him know he has my. “I like what I see,” She said slowlyI jumped into the water and started swimming. After a couple of laps, I joined the girls at the end of the pool. They made way for me and allowed me to get into the middle while Niyati was on the left side and Sneha on the right. Sneha was animatedly telling some stories about college. As the conversations continued, Niyati kept coming closer. I wasn’t sure if this was intentional or not since Sneha has a low voice and the stories were really intriguing.. Long sleeves again, and this time Jeans, covered any signs of abuse well. Her face well..."Looking better today." Molly slid breakfast onto Cleo's plate."Feeling better. Like I'm rested and..." She trailed off looking at me.I smiled weakly. I knew she felt better from having shared her ordeal. I climbed my groggy self onto the island stool and picked up a fork to push my own breakfast around my plate."You on the other hand don't look so hot." Molly poured me a glass of OJ."Didn't sleep. Tossed.