" Go away," she said, turning back to the table."Prin, please." Stop calling me that name." She dropped a shoe on the floor and cursed, picking it up.... "Could we go out to lunch?" I'm working, can't you see that?" She seemed unwilling to look at him.He looked around the shoe store. It was empty, except for a woman at the cash register. "Can she cover for you?" he said, pointing to the woman."Why are you doing this?" she said, under her breath."Because it's your birthday and I'd like to take you. Thomas,” I said.“It may be, but the world we live in is changing, whether we want it to, or not.”He’s trying, and seems to know all the answers. “This is Saturday, where is everyone?” Nevina asked.“Probably at CAMELOT, have you ever been there?” he asked.“YES,” I answered for the lot of us. “We’ve been meaning to get back there.”“Wonderful, let’s all go together, why don’t we?”“Cool,” Will said.I don’t know why I was so wary of all this, but I was. I got April and my mother on either side of me. Underwear, Trouser, Vest and T-shirt.Raj. Underwear, Bermuda, Vest and shirt.Papa. Underwear, Jeans, Vest and shirt.Mom. Underwear, Petticoat, Saree and blouse.Renu, Underwear, Skirt, Bra and top.I took the cold drink bottle from fridge and served to all the family members andtook the empty bottle to play the game “family strip poker “To my right hand side was Raj, than Mom then Papa than Renu .Now as I was about to spin the bottle suddenly Mom said “ What will be the rules of the game?I : One. .." He leant forward and muttered a few words in the ear of the kneeling girl. She leapt to her feet bowed briefly to Gerry, peering at him with wide, dark brown, eyes over her veil, and then to Kashim before she disappeared. Kashim took another piece of lokoum, savouring it slowly. "Watch," he said.Almost as soon as he said it, three girls, dressed in the same golden costumes and with the same jewel- trimmed veils, appeared. Tracey, the girl in the middle, led the three of them in a spirited,.
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