when i enter the shop half an hour later , nalini is busy doing a nose-piercing on a new client and neil is nowhere to be seen.thank you , dear god.as the time drags , i wonder if hes upstairs or maybe with his girlfriend or whether hes gone back to chicago and really , why am i spending time thinking abouthimat all ? ive got lots of practicing to do , papers to submit , projects to finish and a dinner to make .