.. you like to get that out of the way before the big day, don’t you?”I smiled. “Yes I have heard that it can take a few years to actually fall ...n love with each other.”She nodded. “Sometimes a girl can find that though they fall in love there still might not be the compatibility there.”There was silence for a moment and I felt the tension rising.I shrugged my shoulders, “I suppose it does happen.”I wanted to ask the question about their marriage being arranged but I held back. Sanjay got up. She asked me how could I maintain such fitness only by walking,when I told her that I was a regular at gym. Though I went to a gym only 5 minutes from the apartment,I purposely told her about one that was 2 KMS away and praised it’s facilities. She was reluctant at first as she did not have a vehicle,but I told her that I drove there everyday at 5 in the evening and she was more than welcome to join me. She agreed.That evening,she dresses in an ever tighter red t shirt and black yoga pants,with. "Why, it's the young Lieutenant. How have you been, young man?" the voice from the old man quavered.Dev reined his horse in and looked at the man. Here was the very man who had sold him the book by Telgar the mage, down south! Dev dismounted, led his horse to the table and tied the reins to the table leg."Well, old one, I have been fine. And yourself?" Dev asked interestedly."I have been well. Just traveling and checking on my family," the elderly man wheezed."And did you find them well?" Dev. ” My humiliation piques publicly until we reach the sanctity of the car.We drive home and he says nothing while I plead for mercy and forgiveness. When we get inside the house, he hands me the telephone and says “Now, you are to call your parents and tell them exactly what you did, how I found you, and how I dragged you out naked to the care and back home”, he adds “and I’ll be listening on the other line. You'll tell your parents everything and you'll tell them that I'll be punishing you for.