“Sheetal, why don’t you show Mr. Smith our cottage?”Sheetal looked quizzically at Kiran, not understanding what he meant. “Oh! I’m sure we�...�ll get along just fine”, the man said as he came into the cottage and Kiran stayed outside. But it was only when the man touched her that Sheetal realized what was happening. “Mr. Smith, please leave the cottage now.”The man was genuinely surprised. “But he said…”“I don’t care what he said. Just leave.”The foreigner left and she looked at her husband. “What. No more questions about that. I am going to love having you both as neighbors. What about Tim and Harry? Or, am I really moving too fast?”“As far as I am concerned it is their problem if they don’t fall into line here. But I know Tim will be delighted and excited. How do I put this, Mom? Tim is very … sharing of us?”“Yes, dear, I think that is a good description of Tim’s approach to our life.”“Michele, let me ask another question about you. At Nikki’s dinner you said something about being Tim’s. I ran though the list of directions this call could go, but it doesn’t matter. This is part of my new world. I knew about Megan and STILL fell for her dad.“Hi, Megan...”“Hello, Jessica. Or should I call you ‘Mom’?”“C’mon, Megan. I’m two years older than you. What’s up?”“All this stuff going on in YOUR life.”“Me marrying your dad?”“You ripping ol’ Justin’s nuts off. You ‘n’ Dad shootin’ a dude...”“Megan, you know the story. The truth. All I want is to be happy, and I think being happy with your. "Bob ... I ... I better be going now. Tell Paul to callme." What do you mean everything?" Bob asked."Bob we shouldn't be talking about that," Emily said quickly."But you said you think about it," Bob pushed her further."Yes I do ... No ... I mean ... Bob really this is not the timeor place," Emily blurted out."Okay then Emily," Bob said seizing the opening, "we can chatabout it when you come up. Hang on a second Paul can talk to younow, he is just finished. Bye."Bob pushed Paul(ine) away from.
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