The nurse frowned, clearly not recognizing Carol, but taking inthe white coat, stethoscope and name badge."Examination room four," she replied after h...esitating for asecond or two."Thank you, nurse," said Carol, turning on her heel and headingdown the hall."Who are you," asked Dinah when Carol swept into the examinationroom, "and where's Doctor Kaminski?" Doctor Kaminski was called away to perform an emergencyC-section," said Carol, briskly, "he asked me to stand in forhim with you. I'm Doctor. The neighbours were Muslims. We are an orthodox family with a whole lot of restrictions and the neighbours were just opposite of what we were. But yet I used to maintain a good personal relationship with them for my own reasons. The head of their family was Asif, an old retired teacher in his 60s who was with his third wife. He had two sons, Arif and Javed who were in their 30s and they had 6 sons and daughters among them.I was wearing a loose tee and my usual track pants. Oh, by the way, I am. I ll talk to you later. Now go to your house.Me: coolWe both remained silent for a minute.Me: Sathya just tell me. We can have great fun. Your fantasies can come true if you say yes.Sathiya: Rahul please stop this and go to your house.We talked about it for more than an hour and finally, she said yes.Me : yes means? Are you ready? Can we try it out?Sathiya: noMe: why not?Sathiya: I am afraidMe : listen I won’t tell anyone. Lets keep this as secret. No body will know. I won’t force you any. That means you have about 20 minutes untileverything begins. So, just relax here on the couch and daydream aboutyour new life. That will make the pain seem worth it. Good Luck, David,I know you will be happy: A very happy, eight-year-old girl."He shook my hand, patted my shoulder and left. I lay out on the couch, anice cool synthetic nano-weave washable polyester couch that felt likesuede, and let my mind wander. The open back of the hospital gown wasnice on the cool nano-suede. I imagined.