"A couple times, though, we never even got that far. He wasn't ready for me to be so... interested in certain things." Stephanie blushed and turned aw...ay."Fucking wonderful" Neil thought to himself. He had to fight down his rapidly expanding erection, unsuccessfully blocking the picture of Stephanie in his mind and what she might have been interested in. It was a very powerful image and he tried to turn the discussion. "You might be worried for no reason, you know."Stephanie shook her head. .She whispered in my ear smiling and what were you exactly doing…. Wait I said then went to see if mom was around, turned out she has gone to her apartment. So I came back and got closer to her I told her that I was imagining kissing her then I got closer to her and planted a kiss on her cheeks, then I came close to her lips and I kissed her over her lips, they were so soft we started smooching intensely though we were both rookie and were doing it for the first time still it felt good it was. Instead, it was a shiny, somewhat sleek, modern looking SUV. Father handed me a card with numbers of who to call for taxes, insurance, registration and so on explaining that I needed to complete everything as soon as possible. He clapped me on the back, told me I was on my own now, and walked away. My eyes jumped to the keys, to the car, and to Father's retreating back, around and round. It was too much to take in all at once. The salesman smiled, congratulated me on my fine acquisition,. I came to know that he has gone to Delhi, and maybe has taken Smita along with him. A day will come when my Sweetpea will marry that bitch, and I'll be left all alone. I walked back to Sahil's as the raindrops masked my tears.I took a train to Nagpur and went home. Baba said "Shame on you" closed the door on my face. I learnt from my neighbour that unable to bear Aai's expenses, Baba and Dada left her to my Ajji-Ajoba's (Marathi words for grandmother and grandfather) home.Aai couldn't see me.