Desirée had really been in no hurry to get married. Her education in music had been more important to her in Chicago, but her straight-laced pa...rents, her father in particular, had panicked when a friend of hers, of a somewhat disreputable aspect, had shown up at the door of their mansion asking for his darling, pristine daughter.Father, now very rich and in a position to be an absentee director of his corporate law firm, quickly moved the family to his distant country farm where. Not fifteen minutes later, she was approached by a man in his thirties. I watched Jenny charm him and touch him on the arm as she laughed at his comments. There was some serious talk, and I saw Jenny shake her head no. The guy said a few more words, and Jenny nodded yes, and they left.I got a call that they were headed to our apartment. I called Ted and alerted him. I waited ten minutes, then picked up my laptop, paid my bill, and headed home.A little after 10:00, Jenny came out of her. "It's so soft and silky," she exclaimed."Didn't you ever pet a cat before?" I asked her."Well, once, a long time ago. We moved around so much there was never a chance to have any friends or pets. Mamma said they got in the way of her entertaining her gentlemen friends and Daddy said they were a waste of time." All at once, her glamorous life didn't seem so glamorous. No friends or animals in her life seemed terrible. Such a thing was almost unbelievable to a boy raised on a farm.We went out and. I started to ask a question but Nalini held up a hand to stop me.“You can help us, Jijaji. If you help us have a baby it would be family. The baby would look like us. You can help your brother and I have the family we want”. Nalini stopped talking and just sat there watching me.I was confused and said somewhat hesitantly, “I’m not sure what I can do. You said artificial insemination was too expensive. I would love to help you and Ravi but we don’t have the extra money right now either”.Nalini.
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