Avan, “akka ore oru naal neengal enakku manaiviyaga irukka mudiyuma” endran. Enakku thooki vaari pottathu, thambi ennada idhu, naan unnai en udan ...pirava thambiyaga allava nenaikiren, idhu migavum thavaru endren, akka ennai nallavanakka ungalal thaan mudiyum, neengale yosithu sollungul endru sollivittu avan tv parka arambithaan, naan kitchenil ayyo enna idhu kadayisil enakke thandanai vanthuvittathu endru kavalaipatten, sharmila akkavidam sollalam endral avargal enakku evalavo udhavi seithu. They were obviously just people who were staying at the hotel and some of them were even white people. I felt their eyes on me as I walked behind Norman to the front desk. It was almost like they knew what was about to happen.At the desk there was a tall thin black guy who smiled when he saw us approaching. He was very dark and not from this country. It was obvious that he knew we were coming.Norman: "Everything set up to my specifications Yoennis?"Yoennis: "That it be Mr. Jackson. Here is your. ’ I admitted that I pulled the ad the day after I didn’t hear from him. I was pissed and didn’t want to go through that kind of drama again. ‘If only I knew how easy it would have been to get your number,’ he said. ‘The other thing that wasn’t easy was finding your house. I got lost in your subdivision five different times.’ He had me wrapped around his finger, literally, hooking his pinky finger around mine over the top of the table, the tips of our toes touching underneath. It felt like he. I always have.’ The elven woman nodded slightly, encouraging him to continue. ‘Out there you are someone, to so many. But you came here. To my wood. To me. Just one person, and one who has so much to apologize for already, never mind this..this new agony.’ She turned her head away from him slowly, looking around the dark one room house he had brought her to. The lighting was still dark, like the forest atop the great tree. Were they still there? How far had he fled with her? There were shelves.