The pair, nurse and Doctor, walked over to the bed, David raised one finger in greetings ... everything else was tied down."How are you feeling, young... man?" asked the Doc.David raised a different finger ... not in greeting."What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?"The finger raised again."Unfriendly this..." he looked at an invisible watch, "Morning. are we?"Again, the finger raised, distress becoming more evident. Hospitals use drugs to keep a trauma patient on life support from breathing on. And you did so well.”Jan Harrison walked out of the kitchen.“You’re home so soon? I half expected you to make a night of it.”“Jan wanted to hear how our date went,” Ellen said.Jake hugged Jan tightly.“Thank you for what you did for my mom,” he whispered. “You helped make this a great night for her.”Jan smiled broadly.“Give me a few minutes to wash my face and put on comfortable clothes,” Ellen said. “Then we’ll talk.”Jake sat on the sofa and pulled Jan down on his lap.“I’m sorry I ruined your. What the hell was he doing here. My instinct was angry and pleasure both. I wanted to continue seeing. He took Ammi’s hand and kissed it.Afzal: Period nahi tho chalo chalu karte hai? (If you are not on periods, let’s begin.)Ammi: Hmmm, kya time hua hai? Oh 11:30 theek hai kar lenge ek bar. (What’s the time? 11:30, let’s do once only.)Now Ammi and he moved a little closer to the bed and started kissing each other. Ah, Ammi was looking so lusty I had never imagined. Afzal’s uncle took Ammi’s lips. Which turned out to be quite nice, undamaged, in good shape, and when I let myself in, I found the power, water and gas were still on. That meant the hot water tank was functioning and would provide me with a hot shower, the fridge was working and between the groceries left from the cave and the few essentials I picked upon the way in, assured me that I would have a good meal, to go with my hot shower, and – I hoped – a clean, soft, bed to sleep in.It was late afternoon after the shower revived.
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