You were busy keeping Skuzzball from taking it.”“It wasn’t his. Not to change the subject or anything, but I notice you’re reading ‘The Kill...ing Dance’. Do you like Hamilton’s take on mystery?”Oooh, nice. He reads too. I like this. Big, clean shaven and he filled out his polo shirt and jeans completely. Big muscular forearms.“She’s OK. I like detective novels, and she gives the story a sexy twist.”“Sexy twist, eh?”“Yeah,” I said, looking straight at him, “the heroine sleeps with the guy who. Why this wasn’t a couple of girls Ted wasn’t sure; maybe Paul didn’t know many girls.“Come in and I’ll see if she’s available,” Ted told the boys. “She’s been feeling kind of down lately, for obvious reasons. It’s possible she won’t feel like company.”The two boys walked in and looked around. Michaels’ place was nice, but not in a gold-plated everything, hey-look-how-rich-I-am sort of way. From where the boys stood, George wasn’t even sure that the house was much bigger than his. A little. Ami maar bara chosha dekhe khub garom hoye gelam aar Keshtor oopore irsha korte laglam. Laurar chosar sukhe Keshto besh jore jore gongate laglo aar maar choole hath bolate thaklo. Khainkhon aro laura ta chosar por maa Keshtor laura ta soja suji kore abar theke mukhe pure nilo. Prothome maa laurata addek ta mukhe bhore nilo aar tar por aste aste puro 9” lumba laura ta puro puri mukhe bhore nilo. Ami bujhte parlam je maa Keshtor bara ta prayee gala obdi bhore niyeche aar aste aste chusche. Keshto. “We were sitting in a hotel bar once, a couple years ago. Not unlike this bar. She wore pearls, that night. Just like you are wearing now.”“Another coincidence.”“We were sitting at the table talking. And while we were talking she casually unclasped her pearls from around her neck.”He gave a moment. She understood, and unclasped the pearls from around her neck.“I find pearls sexy,” he said. “So does she.”The woman did not reply.“She lowered the pearls to her lap. Again, we were just talking. I.