Why place temptation in our path? She stepped into the silky underwear - her one concession to vanity. She could care less about her outer clothes, bu...t she'd always longed for the caress of silk against her skin, especially for the most intimate areas of her body.Shutting off the light, she opened the bathroom door and walked out into the dark bedroom. She could tell that Bas was already lying in the bed by his large outline. He'd left only one light on. She stopped next to the bed and stared. Bambi had felt me pause and glanced down at me with a smirk. Red-cheeked, I could only look away. ‘What’s my name, Shannon?’ ‘Diane,’ I mumbled. ‘What was that?’ ‘Diane!’ I said. ‘Very good. Now that we’ve established that, go get dressed and we’ll have some coffee. Then I’ll tell you what we’re going to do for the next few days,’ she said. A few minutes later we were sitting at my dining room table having coffee. It was embarrassingly domestic but I was too sullen to appreciate the irony.. She was a soft spoken lady. As she walked out of the lift, I observed her walk, which kind of aroused me. Though, I never thought anything beyond talking.Time went by and I used to bump into Madhu and we smiled at each other. A couple of times I helped her carry grocery bags to her home. She thanked me but still was quite reserved when talking. I just thought to myself that maybe she’s not that kinds and maybe a bit orthodox. Then one day, I had borrowed a friend’s bike for a few days. This was. The seventeen year old was starting his last year of school, and his birthday was tomorrow. His parents had gotten him something special, they said.“Charlie, we want to tell you that we are so proud of you. Tomorrow, you are officially an adult, and we wanted to give you something special.” His father told him.He handed Charlie a book. It was a journal of sorts. _This _was his special gift? A book.“That was your grandmother’s chemical journal. She wrote many equations of chemical combinations..