’I heard footsteps in the stairway, and then Adrian was abruptly in the room with me. “Hi Caja.”I turned as though startled, “Hi Adrian.”H... was smiling, as usual, not smirking though, as some men would probably have done, knowing that they were about to have sex with a particular young woman for the first time. It was his usual casual smile, softly lifting his full lips upwards, the smile that made me feel a little ‘silly’ inside. The wondrous smell of his cologne, almost like a wild ocean. I needed tofeel that heartache and pain if I was going to get over Josh. Now thatI was certain there wouldn't be anything between us, I could focus onmoving past those feelings and learning how to consider him a friend. Ihad vowed last night that I didn't need him in my life anymore. With acalmer head this morning, I knew that we could still be friends. I justdidn't want to see him until it was absolutely necessary."I'm doing okay," I finally replied. "I mean, we talked about this onFriday. I. Woh kisi kusal parbatarohi ki bhati paharo ki sair par nikal pada tha. Aur Manali iss yatra mein usse bharpur sath dene lagi.Manali ko chhu (touch) kar uske kaamnao ke naag phukad ne laga tha. Manali usse baho mein lekar aag mein ghee daalne ka kaam kar diye thi. Bass fir kya tha, kudd (jump) pada Rahul Manali ki jism ke khai mein.Darasal Rahul kaamukta ke bagiche ka ek aisa briksh (tree) tha jiske sudaul shakhaye Manali jaise ladki ko dekhte hi kaamukta ka rass tapkane lagta tha. Woh Manali ki. And that one," she said, pointing the screen in Robbie's direction.Then she pressed the scroll button again. Her eyebrows lifted and she made an over-exaggerated expression of mock-horror. Robbie couldn't see the screen, but he knew it showed the two girls in the sea, their backs to the camera and their firm little arses in the centre of the frame."Ooh, sexy!" said Chayla. "You should've asked. We'd have posed for you!"Robbie just sat there, not saying a word. He had expected the girls to be.