As the bus swayed to and fro as it passed over the Chicago River Bridge, Robin thought that the only real problem she had since moving to The Big Wind... was the lack of any real social life. By now she had hoped to have made some close friends but it just hadn’t worked out that way with the heavy workload she was carrying. Even in college and having just a handful of good friends, with no boy friends at all, Robin worried about her seeming total disinterest in men and often wondered if she were. Reena said not today darling, it’s a special day, please stop it for now. But he insisted and brought the bottle and poured each one peg. Reena was not happy, I guessed the reason, maybe she wants to enjoy the full night having sex. He gulped one more peg and during dinner started playing with reena in front of me. She was hesitant and avoiding his advances. He started blabbering, look how beautiful your bhabi, if I take her out, all the eyes are on her boobs and buttocks, I am the luckiest. Both of them pointed out that the ‘Deacon Michael’ angle has its own set of burdens, which might turn out to be larger.”“Larger? How so?”“Think about the reaction Nikolas had to my joke about Jim’s dipstick. Both Lara and I will be living under microscopes. Honestly, she couldn’t wear a bikini similar to the one Dona had on. At best she could wear a modest one-piece, and I know there are women in the church who object to even THAT in public. Having your own pool is one thing, but at the lake?. He had given up the opportunity to earn some serious money, to come and say farewell before she caught the flight.As her flight was called, and she turned to reluctantly join the queue, she heard him say.?I will never forget you, Ingrid. One day, we will meet again.?Tears flood3ed her eyes as she walked slowly away from him, cradling the Giant Panda in her arms.She walked towards the customs desk, wishing she could hold Lui Shi one more time, but she turned around, and he had gone.As she neared.