At five we woke up. Someone was at the door ringing the bell persistently."Mala, slip under the bed and don't come out till I ask you," he whispered. ...I crawled under the bed."Come in," he shouted. The door opened and didi came in."Maya, is anything wrong?" he asked."Sorry to disturb, sir, you but I am very worried. My sister has not returned. As you had said I sent her to your office at eleven. I enquired at your office. They remembered her and told me that she had spoken briefly with you and. Instead of being happy like most people would be, she was sure that it was another wild goose chase and didn’t want to go. She just wanted to head back to our place and drown her sorrows in a few glasses of wine. Gambling that the store would have what she wanted, I lead her there instead of to the car. As we came upon the shop I pretended that we just stumbled across it as I seemed to have gone the wrong direction.Jennifer made some grumbling noises but both of us knew she couldn’t pass a cute. "And Courtney. I am so pleased to see you again." She took his hand and pecked his cheek. "And you," she said beaming, "must be Libby's mother." She took both of Jean's hands and squeezed them gently. "I'm so pleased to meet you." And me you," Jean smiled back. "I'm overwhelmed by what you are doing for Libby."Gudrun looked her solemnly in the eye. "Your daughter is a very, very talented musician and we are delighted to help her in any way we can. In addition, she is a sweet girl and we like. Looks like I’m stuck with that title.’ I rolled my eyes and grabbed our bags, pulling them into the lobby of the house. Yeah, I know. A lobby. The house was just massive, 4 floors with the most elegant design. The house had always made me feel like I was living in the age of Marilyn Monroe, with the classic design the house had to it. It was truly amazing. ‘I’m going to my room. See you by the beach in an hour?’ I nodded at her and watched her grab her bag and walk up the wooden stairs up to.
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