Because then I thought he wanted it to last. And I wish I’d never thought that. He carried me from his truck to the ground level apartment, and over... the threshold when he had unlocked the door. It was a pretty, old apartment: hardwood floors, new paint – very nice for the part of town in which it was located. I glanced into the bedroom from the dim livingroom and saw a waterbed, similar to mine only lower down. I told him the clock on the nightstand said 11:11. ‘Ah,’ he replied. ‘Then we’ve. Me unko bus stop pe chhod ke gher aagaya.fir didi se thodi bate ki fir didi ne kaha chalo bazar jake kuchh khana leke aate hai hum bazar me gaye kuchh dedh ghanta ghum ke khane ka saman leke wapas aagaye. me batana bhul gaya ki jab me dost ke gher gaya tha tab barish ka mosam chal raha tha par barish hone ka nam hi nahi le rahi thi or me bhi yahi soch ke gaya tha ki barish nahi hai to jaypal ke yaha ho aau.Fir me or did gher pahuche tab kuchh sade saat baj rahe the andhera ho raha tha do hi ke. Jill was a rainmaker, a woman that squirted when she came. In all my adventures, I’d heard of them but had never ran across a real one. When she’d finally showed some signs of life, her arms went back around my neck and she kissed me like her tongue would either go down my throat or punch through the back of my neck.I did eventually get her the wet washrag and I think this impressed her somewhat. Strangely, she really didn’t want to lie down on the bed, but asked if it was ok to just sit up. She would not have dared to initiate anything herself, but, in fact for some reason Tony had been part of her dreams the night before. Rita had never married, and now she was facing a personal crisis in her life. She had always wanted to marry and have children. Now, she realised this was increasingly unlikely.Her mother was not at all well, and she was actively considering resigning from teaching to look after her on a full time basis. She was the only daughter, and her mother lived some.