Melvin leaned overthe table and lowered his voice, "I hear that he's in debt up to his earsfrom his gambling problems. Everything he tries, it turns t...o crap. Hecan't win at cards, or dice, or the horses. I'll wager you anything thathe's down at one of those gambling houses right now trying to make up forwhat he's already lost." Why doesn't he just stop completely, pay the gamblers off, and get onwith his life?" Katie asked. She had that mysterious look to her thateveyone had. It was like if. Sneha: Yeah, let’s see about that!Me: So you will let me?Sneha: In your dreams, baby boy! ;)As we were bitching each other, we saw a beautiful looking restaurant. She suggested to have breakfast there as she was quite hungry. I agreed.After having breakfast, we head to Harajuku. It was a busy street surrounded by lots of small business as well as foreigners. Harajuku is one of the few places in Japan where they sell many things at cheap rates.We bought some dresses and other things for. When Iris finally joined a few minutes later, she had happily eaten five more sprites. She wasn't even consciously aware of it, but despite her vow not to think about Snowflakes, she had only consumed pale white sprites sharing her own beautiful features.Iris eyed the six open and empty cages with a crooked grin. "Somebody sure enjoyed my generosity, I see." Yawning, she put her hands on the back of her head and arched her back as she stretched."I just took the little ones. "Lily said, before. The short answer to your question is that there wasn't any one single reason why I did it. It was a whole bunch of things: Jealousy, insecurity, fear, guilt, petulance, pride, the stress and anger caused by the overtime we were both putting in, doubt over whether you still found me attractive, and my own stupid vanity. You could make a case that any of those factors was the cause, and probably half a dozen other things as well."Anne looked over to me gloomily. "You don't know how many nights.