We went home earlier than planned. We had thought of roaming till 2 or 3 in the night, but came back by 11.30 because of unplanned drinks party. So we... were all set and locked up in a room with bottles and other side items. I and Rahul poured some diluted wine to our sisters. All of us said “Cheers!” and gulped the first glass of wine. We guys took it easily but girls were sipping bit by bit. It reminded of the game that was played in “Yeh jawani hai diwani” movie and we decided to play. For. She had managed to get off duty early from the police department she was working for. Stopping on the way home to buy flowers, she had hoped to surprise her girlfriend Joyce at the small house they rented outside the city limits. And she had surprised Joyce indeed. She knew things had been not going well but the sight of the voluptuous red head in bed with Joyce; in THEIR bed; had confirmed her worst fears.Joyce had shrugged unapologetically. Taller than Pat's 5'5" by four inches she was a cool. I still cannot believe I didn't spot a huge bloody petrol tanker coming towards me on the other side of the narrow road until too late! As I swerved left to avoid it I heard my wing mirror smash as it hit the lorries mudguards then a louder clattering along the nearside of my van as I struck the speeding cyclist forcing her front wheel into the stone and earth roadside hedge as her back wheel tangled with my rear nearside wheel.I braked hard and ran back to the mangled bike and the prone. "I turned onto a much narrower road and drove up to an isolated three-story home."Who are we visiting?" Michele asked me."Each other?" What?" Come on in." Tony, I don't understand." I showed her the huge sunken living room, the kitchen and dining rooms, the upstairs bedrooms, the giant third-floor room that could easily be converted into an office or library or combination of both. All the time, I ignored her volley of questions."The basement's finished too." Basement! Nobody has basements in.