She said “What??”. I said “yes I didn’t like the above things but I like one” with smiley. She asked “what is it”. I said nothing leave ...it. Again she asked”tell me whatever it is”. Had some courage and said “ Enaku unoda idupa killanum”.After that no reply from her. I am little afraid that tomorrow she will come and complain about me in the office, it will become shame to me. Next day in office I saw her, she didn’t looked at to me. No response for calls and texts. After the office time also. I wandered back up the beach about a half hour later, without putting anything other than my headphones back on. I didn’t want to get my clothes wet. That was how I sold it to myself, anyway.Larry saw me first. He was sitting upright, sucking an ice lolly in his boxer shorts. Mum was flat on her back beside him. At some point she’d folded their clothes neatly beside her, before dozing off in the sun. Some habits die hard.He watched every step of my catwalk stride back up the beach and I gave. I had promised I wouldn’t drink so I could drive myself home and I knew he was going to be mad.The phone rang and rang until he finally picked up; I could hear the anger in his voice, knowing I had woken him from being asleep. “Be outside in ten minutes or I am leaving without you,” is all he yelled into the receiver and my cheeks turned red in embarrassment.As I said goodbye to my friends, I began to stumble outside so I wouldn’t make him angrier than he already was. The car ride was silent, I. ‘That is nice to hear, Elizabeth,’ he said, smiling warmly once again. ‘But why do you choose now to believe me?’ Elizabeth sighed, looking at her feet and removing her hand much to Gerard’s chagrin. ‘Because,’ she said, echoing his earlier phrasing. ‘Most of the time you seem to be merely trying to flirt with me.’ She met his eyes again, then said, ‘I much prefer it when you are just yourself.’ Gerard was silent a moment as he contemplated her words. Yes, he supposed, he did have a flirtatious.