She had her fancy, schmancy career to take up her time.’ ‘Hey! You benefited from that career. You had good clothes, you had piano lessons, you we...nt to some very, very expensive summer camps and you had lots of vacations, to lots of fun places.’ ‘Good clothes? Well, ex-cu-u-use me. A closet full of the latest styles doesn’t substitute for a warm body to listen when a little girl gets home from school and walks into an empty house. Piano lessons, great, yeah. That’s really great. She didn’t even. I only heard Maggie's half of the conversation. "Hello?" "Oh, hi. What-" "He did?" "Oh my God! Is she all right?" "What did the doctor say?" "Have you found a good therapist?" "Okay, I'll let you go. Bye." Maggie plopped down in the kitchen chair like a sack of potatoes hitting the floor.I pulled my bathrobe belt tighter. "What's the matter?" That was Natalie." Her sister. "Peter gave Zoe sexual instruction last night." Peter was my brother-in-law and Zoe's dad."How did it go?" From the. Uske muh par koi bhi muskaan nahin thi. Jaise ki ye uske liye kaafi aam baat thi. Usne fir poocha, “Babyji aapke liye kya banaa du? Aap andaa khaati hain?”Toh maine usse apna sir haan mein hilaate hue bola, “Haan. Andaa theek rahega bread ke sath.”Ye sunkar woh mud ke wahan se kitchen ki taraf jane lagi. Aur jate jate boli, “Babyji maine table pe adrak wali chai rakh di hai. Agar aapka man karey toh aap pi lijiyega. Maine guest room ke bathroom mein pani bhi garam karne laga diya tha. Aap naha. Big boy." She smiled a smile that reminded me of the cat that swallowed the canary. "I'll buy whatever you give me, baby." If she made a sale, maybe she'd go out with me. I didn't care about money if that wasn't obvious yet. I had millions with no sure way to spend it all. "Then I will pick out something very precious for you." She said, emphasizing with her pointed red, nailed finger. "You stay here now. I'll be back." "I won't go anywhere." Where was I gonna go? There was entirely too much.