Into my fieldof vision stepped Dalton, my driver. I automatically tried to bark athim, to tell him that he could start looking for a new job, because... I wasletting him go. But my speaker was still off. He gave me an obviouslyfalse expression of pity. My bride turned her face towards his. He puthis well developed arms around her and they kissed, long and hard. I wasfurious, but absolutely impotent to do anything about it.After they separated, Monique moved away, somehow taking me with her. . So it all started when I and my far-related sister were coming to Jabalpur from Nagpur. We had gone to my cousin sister’s marriage and now were returning from there. Just as we reached the station we saw a donkey and a mare having sex. My sister Amrita and I were both seeing all this. I looked at Amrita.She was smiling with her head held down. We ignored this and got on the train. I went to confirm my seat but it was not confirmed. The TC told me to ask the TTR in the train for a berth so I. "That was a good day, M.C." I thought, coming out of my trance."Aye. And there were lots of good days. Just the one bad one." Martinez paused for a moment. "Hey L.T., you didn't flash back to the IED."Ever the optimist was our Master Chief. And then, having been reminded, I relived the IED explosion again.The next morning I called Gloria Stoltz, and explained my real estate needs. She had a very melodious Texas accent, and said she had something that was "Just perfect for me," and that it had. My heart leapt into my mouth as I turned and made direct eye contact with the old man seated at the bottom of the stairs, I then knew he had noticed my exposed views and I quickly turned and continued upstairs to an empty top deck of the bus.I sat right at the back of the bus and was just deciding how many stops I would travel when I saw the old man's head appear as he himself climbed the steps to the top deck. He cautiously approached and in a very gentle but excited voice asked, "May I sit.