We allowed our horses to crop the lush grass as Miles pointed out various landmarks.“The locals call this spot Lovers Leap on account of the number ...of pregnant maids and unloved lads who have thrown themselves off the rock.”He indicated the jumble of rocks below “Those who don’t drown in the river dash themselves to pieces on those rocks. I did have a fence put up to dissuade any potential suicides but to no avail. Those souls in torment who wanted to end it all broke down the fence and jumped. You assholes, I yelled, embarrassed as all get out.God Tim! I never thought we’d get you with that one! Said Frank.After a few minutes of thoroughly enjoying my humiliation, the two of them calmed down and they could see that I was really pissed.Then Frank said, Look Tim, its no big deal. So you fell for it. So what?Yeah, said John, its not a real big thing, I fell for that one at day camp last year.They went on telling me that it was okay and then started saying that in fact, they wished. It happened a few months ago and I wanted to narrate this story to all u guys. I have been reading stories in ISS since 3 years and so wanted to tell u all this story .I was working as a consultant for a start up company in Bangalore and i was assigned the job for the survey of other competitors in and around Karnataka. i was assigned a assistant by name deepa who was just 20 yrs old and had just joined the job. She was a fresher and no job knowledge. the first day i saw her i was amazed by her. ”“You said it was mine,” I offered, trying to inject some humor. Paul stared at me, as if he were trying to decide what to think.“Did you like it?”“Yes,” I said, deciding that very second that I did, “if you aren’t angry, why did you ask me if you had told me to do it like that?” Paul paused as if deciding what to say. He finally looked at me as if he were apologizing, and said, ”Because I was afraid that I might have.”“Why would…” I started, but then realized why. “You want me to?” I asked.
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