Eibar to boudi amar rashta ta ekdom parishkar kore diyeche. Ami jakhon khushi aar ja khushi boudi ke jigesh korte pari. Ami ekhon sab rakomer katha bo...dir songe bolte pari. Kintu boudir songe kichu korte amar himmat ekhono hochilo na. Ami boudir bhetore amar songe choda chudir karar ichche jagate chaichilam. Dada traininge giyeche praye du mas holo. Boudir chehara te choda khabar janno ichche parishkar dekha dichchillo. Ek robi bare ami barite chilam. Boudi kapot dhuchchilo. Ami jantam je boudi. "Darn," he said aloud. "This keeps happening." Normally he would havesaid damn, but for some reason, DARN seemed to be the strongest word hewanted to say. He didn't realize this at the moment though."Obviously our minds are being effected too," Denise said, and the othersall agreed that they noticed it too. Roger bumped into Carl, who pushed him back a bit. Roger kicked Carlangrily in retaliation. "Stop that Renee!" Denise said automatically. Ittook her several seconds to realize that. I’m not that adventurous with food or going out alone and on both Sunday and Monday evenings the meals here have been good, so why head out onto quiet dark streets in search of something else?It’s another quiet night in here, two elderly couples at one table having a few laughs and a single man of around forty who sits alone, like me, constantly checking his phone. He was here last night too, so I guess like me he is here in Mildura on business, especially given his smart check shirt and grey. But picturing your beautiful face is getting me through it. When I arrive, maybe we can go out. We could go to dinner, to the movies. Or we could do nothing. We could sit there, I could hold you.”Alyssa folded the letter, putting it back in the box as soon as Joshua returned.**********The night before Crystal and Sandee arrived, Alyssa found herself in Joshua’s arms again in bed.“You look beautiful by the way,” he spoke. “I mean you still do, you always have, to me.”Alyssa rose on her.