After the tongs, I put a lighter and some very long needles also on the desk. At some point he became silent and started to look at the things I had o...n the table. I saw him lick his lips and I almost smiled. I could almost sense his nervousness."Hey, pal, what do you want? Look, I don't have any big money."I didn't say a thing, but just kept on working with some more instruments so that he could see them. Once I had them ready I rolled them closer to him, and once again checked some of the. She’d smile but move away from my reach and, standing at a distance, look me in the eye and shake her head as if to say “Don’t do this” – which only made me want her even more.Last week I was alone at home for a few days, my wife and daughter having gone off to attend a wedding at Delhi. It was a Friday when I decided to drop in at home during lunch time since I had come to meet a client in my neighborhood. I wasn’t too sure whether Varsha would be at home but to my joy and luck I found she. When I got home Marisa was waiting for me with dinner ready. I acted as if I knew nothing but couldn't get it out of my mind so much so that I had a hard time sleeping that night. Two nights later she called me again telling me she would be working late once more. Wanting to see for myself I drove right towards my old apartment after work. As I passed by the building slowly I peered up into the lot. Low and behold there was Marisa's car parked near Jerome's apartment. She really was seeing him. One day my Mom got a call from her brother, Dan, saying that his wife, Lori, had slipped going into the basement with a basket of laundry and broke her ankle. Normally, that would have no impact on me, but my Uncle Dan had to go out of town for a week for work, and my cousin Danny, their spoiled, only c***d was starting his first season of football practice that week and would be "too tired" to help his mom around the house. This is where I came in - my Uncle offered $500 for me to go stay at.