"Everything stopped as she blushed and covered her face with both hands.Sabrina broke the tension."He IS nice to have around ... isn't he?"Then they c...hattered on about the nursery, talking about this and that until I just wanted to scream. When Sabrina offered to come over the next day and help them paint I felt a mixture of elation ... and a little jealousy, I think.There WERE hugs all around when we left, and two more of my babies got pressed against Sabrina's flat abdomen.Sabrina was. The next day, I received her resume which I forwarded to the HR team in my organization. After that, I again immersed myself in work, losing track of what happened to that resume.One fine day during summers, while working at my desk, a tall lady approached me and thanked me for my help. I was a bit flummoxed by this gesture. She then introduced herself as Neha. I took a couple of seconds to register that she was the same lady I had referred for a job.We exchanged pleasantries and spoke for a. Oh well, its a week away from here, which may be her point indoing this.*****I don't sleep well. A lot of the time, I don't sleep at all. A lot ofthe time, its nightmares, and I wake up shouting and shaking, and end upwith the light on for the rest of the night. But when its notnightmares, its about HER. I cant seem to stop wanting to be her, nomatter what I try. I'll see one of my girl classmates and the envy Ifeel is like this horrible ache I can't seem to stop. Funny thing is, Idon't feel. ”“She left.”“Why? Mom said she was staying over. Uh-oh, lover’s spat?” she teased.“Whatever. Colin stole her away.”“Wait, you won’t let me walk home but you send your friends out into Siberia, no questions asked?”“He has a crazy Jeep. They’re roaming the roads, looking for driveways to plow.”“Oh, I’m sure there’ll be some plowing going on tonight,” she said lewdly.“Lara, come on! You’re terrible. This is Shannon we’re talking about. Not you.”“What? I waited several days with James!” she shouted.