" I responded. "At least to some people. This proposal will almost certainly be declined." Rubbish. I have my sources that tell me it is the cheapest ...they've got so far and there's only one more to come besides ours." Oh I don't doubt the accuracy of that statement though I'll bet that your source has no role in the decision making. The reason why I am certain it will be declined is because you have substituted various critical components for, shall we say, those less expensive." Of course I. After an hour or so I felt somebody walking to the first floor .I turned towards the opening when little sound came from the wooden steps while climbing and the person approached the opening, moved through it , it was my eldest paternal Aunty! She tried to close the door when I could hear my dad telling not to, since it makes sound.She slide into the hall where my dad was alone. After few minutes my SIL started nudging me and our conversation started.SIL; Vishu , yeh Vishu, Naa atta Nee Naina. "I'm glad you think so." Losing the grin as quickly as it appears, she continues. "I ... I just couldn't be with him. I just couldn't. He represents everything terrible in my life. Unfortunately I have a gift, and now it seems to be a curse. It really did become a curse, because my cursing tends to be as creative as any ever have been. I'm smarter than pretty much anyone in my tribe. I must have got that from my mother. Not the cursing. I'm much more creative than her, and of course she can. I knew I was twenty five minutes early, and had plenty of time. Surely I was not going to be late. I waited and waited what seemed like an eternity. I wondered and almost felt foolish, was I being stood up? The clock on the wall clicked slowly as the second hand made a distinctive sound. She was overdue and the time still passed. I thought it was to be expected but hoped for more. I wanted to leave but now I was unsure. What if she came right after I had left? Holding my ground I set a time on.