Except for the two holding the young girls, they all turned pointing their guns at us. I kept my gun carefully pointed at the ground and in the crook ...of my left arm. I raised my right hand and said, "We are peaceful. May we come up?"The young woman said, "Come forward. Are there others with you?" No, the others are back at my home a ways off." Doris and I walked forward. Addressing the young woman, I said, "My name is James Woods and this is my daughter, Doris. We woke up to the shots and were. Thodi der idhar udhar ki baatein karne ke baad unhone pucha ki meri koi GF hai kya maine kaha abhi tak to nahi.Phir achanak woh mere bagal me aakar baith gai aur kehne laagi ki main ban jaun main bhi ekdum garm that turant han bol dia.Phir hum dono ek dusre ko chumne lage aur 10 minute tak hontho par kiss karne baad woh boli ki chalo bedroom me chalte hain.Bedroom AC chal raha tha waha pahchte hi hum dono ek dusre se lipat gai aur paaglon ki tarah chuma chati karne lage maine kurte ki upar se. Never mind, I consoled myself, I would frig myself senseless as soon as I was alone in my bedroom. When the taxi finally dropped us back at the Holiday Inn Paul asked if I wanted another drink. ‘Are you trying to get me drunk?’ I giggled. ‘Do I need to?’ my colleague asked with a twinkle in his eyes. ‘No.’ I responded bluntly and stroked his hand Paul leant forward and gently moved some stray hairs from my face and then planted a soft kiss on my lips that felt like a 1,000 tiny Summer. I didn't have the brilliant young drummer improvising on drums and piano, accentuating the rhythms and the emotions.I showed the four films from the Vase and rudely added a fifth, a lot to ask of a long evening of watching difficult films. Though showing the Vase films out of context, including the lack of accompaniment, I thought they held up as brief tone poems of three lives including mine and the final threading of those lives into one. The fifth film expressed my appreciation of women..
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