When you felt yourself getting totally wasted, that would have been a good time to stop drinking. When you saw how hurt I was by Bill’s comment abou...t my being a whore, you could have tried to wrap up the visit with him. When Bill asked if I came with the room, you could have called him a cab or asked me to. So, I’m sorry if my asking you to think about what you could have done differently dredges up unpleasant memories from your past, but it’s what fucking grown-ups do, Chad.”“So, if you’re. ”“Get out!” Kelsey said sounding more shocked than ever. “You got Ms Kripke pregnant?”Nathan nodded. Feeling rather embarrassed.“What has Ms Kripke told you? Is she asking for anything?”“No.” Nathan said shaking his head. “She hasn’t told me anything.”“What are you going to do?”Nathan shrugged. “I don’t know. What can I do?”“Well, I think you better tell mum.”“I don’t know. I don’t really want to tell her unless I really have to.”“Nathan, it’s a baby. You’re going to be a father. That’s not. Now there were very few members in the room, Tara, Srinu, Sanjay’s cousin bhabhi Soniya and her sister and me and Sanjay. Sanjay was sitting right next to me. He held my hand in his hand and was caressing it lightly while speaking with rest of the people. I was shy and not speaking much. I was listening all the conversation. Everyone in the room knew about Srinu’s situation. Even Soniya bhabhi joined Tara in teasing Srinu. Sanjay was not behind. He was talking to Srinu, but caressing my hand,. Something about her was more familiar, though. It wasn’t just that I’ve known her since preschool, or that we were best friends in elementary school. It was her eyes, they were a deep blue. And her hair hung down her back, it was dark black, like coal. As dark as a rainy night in West Virginia. ‘Lance,’ she said in her soft voice. I just stared at her. She smiled at me, causing my beat heart to speed up. And then it was like being hit by a sledgehammer of déjà vu – very unpleasant, and quite.