Yawning a second time, she grabbed the clothes that she had thrown over the back of the chair the night before. Jane looked in the mirror as she walke...d to the bathroom, catching a glimpse of her toned thighs underneath the silk thigh-length slip that she was wearing.Grabbing a towel from the closet on the way to the bathroom, Jane wondered what Katey would have in store for her by the time she reached the barn. She was always there so early in the morning, Jane wondered how such a young girl. ...When Tom and the k**s got there I tried to act cheerful and welcomethem back. Karen immediately stated that she was going to run overto see Pete. I lost control. I yelled at her, told her that shewas not going anywhere. Everyone stared at me, Karen lookedshocked but said nothing.Tom took me aside and asked me if I was alright. I said yes, therewas nothing wrong. He went over to Karen and told her to waituntil after dinner to leave. While she was gone I was scaredsilly. What would she find. As time went by, I also participated in their shopping spree. During this time, I became good friends with Swetlana.Now ladies didn’t seem to be a problem to me anymore… We used to speak about anything and everything.Finally, it was function time. We went to Pune where the function was and which is my and Pratik’s hometown. Unfortunately or I like to say it fortunately, my parents were out of town to attend a wedding of my dad’s friend’s daughter…urghhh….. And I forgot my house keys in B’lore.I. After she settled in, the rest of the family would visit for a nice vacation in Switzerland.Overseas I basically tried to keep a lid on things for John. I have to admit that I was more than a little proprietary towards Kurdistan. I felt like it was my baby and wanted to see it grow up right. This wasn’t always easy. Most of the Middle Eastern countries considered diplomacy a zero-sum game; the only way to be strong was to make everybody else weak. The more Western concept of a non-zero-sum game.