As Audrey steps quickly into the hotel, he pays the driver The shiver down his spine partly due to the wind, mostly due to his situation. Why did he a...gree to this?A quiet hotel, nothing special. Music slightly too loud, the smell or furniture polish slightly too strong. A group of men at the bar sizing up the women that pass by, no doubt lewd comments are made as their laughter excludes those around them. They are interested in Audrey for sure, openly ogling and appraising her.“Lucas, are. Luckily she was in the same project which I joined. After about 3 months she and I were put into same team. She was initially shy with me. As time passed we became good work friends. Later on a certain day she was crying in office I tried to console her and asked what’s the matter; she hesitated to share her feelings with me. After some time she spoke and told me she had a boyfriend at Hyderabad. She fought with him as he was about to come on her birthday to Chennai and had plans to roam around. I used to go camping. I went to church t — " I'm not judging you Mark. What did you do at church?" When I was a stupid kid, I sang in the choir." Can you play an instrument?"He didn't answer. "Mark you're putting up a phoney wall and hiding behind it. I'm not one of your friends that have to see you win at sports all the time. I'd like to be a friend that knows what you're like. That means I have to let you feel what I'm like."The look I got made me think that he didn't care to learn what I was. He lived in Caracas with his sister, Lucia, and they had become so comfortable over the last summer that they had fallen easily into a friendly email correspondence during the year. His letter was in Spanish. Sophia, my dear, The weather report says that it was 14 degrees Celsius today in your fair city. Come home, silly girl, to our palm trees and waves. How is school? I’m sure you are working hard, you’re so serious. Lucia is doing well, though I wish she would worry a little more about exams.
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