"We called your parents and they are keeping the kids. They said they'd tell them something, but not about this... not unless you want them too."Carmi...ne stood up on shaky legs and shook her head "no". "I'll tell them later. When I know more." She stared at the parents of her soul mate and clenched her eyes shut, took several deep breaths and asked, "What happened?"The group moved inside and the door was shut behind them, by who, no one knew or cared."There were a couple of kids joy riding last. ‘You sounded just like one of my old teachers just then!’ ‘Yes and I’ll bet that you didn’t talk to her the way you talk to me.’ Sarah accused primly. ‘That’s the thing Sarah. I’ve never talked to any woman the way I find myself talking to you!’ There was a pause. ‘For some reason you just seem to bring out the worst in me.’ ‘Oh brilliant!’ she retorted archly, ‘so what you’re trying to say is, that I’m corrupting you?’ ‘Babe’s I’d just love for you to corrupt me.’ ‘You’re muttering again!’. Of the four remaining chests, Violet picked one. Persephone handed her a key. There was a twenty-five percent chance that the key would fit. It did. Violet threw open the chest lid like a kid would open a box with a new BB gun. They couldn't open just one of the seventy-five little pasteboard boxes. They had to open each one. Krugerrands, seventy five boxes of twelve one ounce Krugerrands. Fifty-six pounds of gold. No wonder they had to use a dolly. Violet was disappointed.How can a person be. ”That did it. Keerthana just started balling her eyes out and poured out her soul. She told Malathi everything that was wrong. She listened attentively and clucked appreciatively whenever some male had done Keerthi wrong. Several times Mala refilled Keerthi’s coffee cup. Keerthana realized that she was doing all the talking and had been taking advantage of her friend. So, she began to stand up and said, “I should really go. You don’t want to hear about all my problems.”“Nonsense,” Malathi.