She stood watching as he cycled through a couple of pictures, her hand slipping beneath her skirt to gently caress her bare, wet lips before she reali...sed that she had better get back before someone came to see what was taking her so long.The show that they were watching came to an end and Mary announced that she was off to bed. The k**s all decided to watch the next show that was coming on and bid her good night.Almost the instant that she could be sure that no-one was coming back to check up. "Does she want some pizza? "Upstairs mate." I said. "Go and ask her." He grabbed a box and threw a few pieces in and took off up the stairs. We all started talking crap and about 10 minutes later Mick came back down. He had a smile like a Cheshire cat and winked at me as he sat down. We started playing and it was like we had known each other for years. Mick and Ben kept smiling at each other like cats that ate the canary knowing they had something in common the others didn't. We had. Aapki baat kaise taal sakta hoon aur vaise bhi jab baat prampra ki hai to karna hi hoga.” “Shabash beta, to badhayi ho tujhe. Shadi aaj sham ko hi hogi aur teri suhagraat bhi aaj hi hogi aue vo bhi hamare ghar par. Hamare yahan riwaz hai ke bete ki suhagraat usske sasural mein hoti hai. Kal tum apni patni ko le kar apne ghar aa sakte ho. Main ye khush khabri Sujata ko sunata hoon. Ab meri beti ki khushi tere haath main hai jamai raja.” Mujhe apne nanaji ke sabd sun ke ajib sa laga jab unhon ne. And the aim of their mutual beeline was the elevators.I lied to her that I knew about it and that it was nothing. I was dying inside. She never returned to the subject, though I am sure she had ample opportunity in the months after.Irene. At the time I thought she cared about me. Even after she fell head over heels for this advertising guy Eric, she kept seeing me, listening to me, keeping me in her social orbit.I tended to bury myself in work, by that time. You know, being buried excuses you.