Looking up, he found Leroy standing beside him. It never dawned on him that Leroy wasn’t supposed to be there. Confused, he asked, “Leroy? Is that... you Leroy?”“It’s me. I figured you could probably use a hand getting back into the groove of things around here,” replied the black man with a smile that showed his white teeth.“Thank you for coming,” said Ed as he continued to sit there feeling numb. It was hard to say if it was from his grief or from the cold. He wondered how long he had been. Koenig. You can wear a little color, bring out some color in your face instead of making you look like a pasty white man."I pay her well for this privilege, mind you. Truthfully it was a tremendous, daring act to call a white man "white" as a black person. Racism is alive and well in Louisiana and the hatred between black and white is deep, hard, and unrelenting, often with good reason. It is flattering that she trusts me so well. I also know she already has a tie picked out that she bought on. They had two children in as many years. Everyone was right, but he wasn't able, yet, to admit it. On the day he learned of her on going affair, his father had come to the trailer he lived in. The old man didn't look so big and threatening anymore. He had been gradually drinking himself to death for the last 4 years. They argued about his wife. He could not admit, not to this man, that she was unfaithful. The little bear struggled mightily to hold back the swelling torrent of rage and pain in. Koi problem nahi he.Dosto ye aaj se karib 1 yr pehle ki bat he, usne mujhe bataya diya tha ki iss date ko vo India aaraha he or apna hotel name n room bhi bata diya tha, jo ki delhi me tha. Mene use apna cell no. bata diya tha.Karib 10 days ke bad usne call kiya ki vo India aagaya he, or mujhse milne ki request karna laga, mene use haan kar di. Kyoki me hostel me rehti thi to mujhe koi rokne wala bhi nahi tha. Mene apne roommates n warden ko keh diya ki me 2-3 dino ke liye ghar ja rahi hu. Mene.