The next day, everyone went to attend a marriage, since my aunt is a widow, they didn’t want her to come, so I stayed home to give company to my aun.... She was in the kitchen and the old typical kitchen, it looked like a gudown with no proper ventilation or light.So, she was working in the kitchen from the morning and was sweating heavily. I went there and my mouth watered by looking at her, she was drenched in sweat and her saree got misplaced, she looked like a sweat goddess to me and I went. We can go down to the basement and talk there.’ The woman said, ‘Are you one of the orphans in this case? I said, ‘No. These 2 are.’ She said, ‘They’re the ones I want to talk to right now, but if you could show me the way I’d be grateful, mam.’ Mam? That was a surprise. I’d never been called that until today, and both people were cops. ‘Ok, I said. ‘Come on girls, lets go downstairs.’ Ellen said, ‘Only with uncle Dar. I’m not talking to anybody unless he’s there too.’ ‘Me neither,’ said. I brushed my teeth, then went back downstairs, put on my coat, hat, and gloves, grabbed my book bag, slung it over my shoulder, kissed my moms, and then went out the door to meet my sisters and brother so we could walk to school.“Happy birthday, Jesse!” Ashley squealed when she saw me.“Thanks!” I replied.“Happy birthday!” Albert and Stephie said together.“Happy birthday, dumb brother!” Birgit said.“From you, that’s a compliment, Big-Itch!” I declared with a grin.I knew how to annoy her, and I. It was getting close to the time when I would have been leaving school anyway, and Catherine had to study. "Can I do one more quick thing before you change back?" she asked, almost sounding like this was some magic spell that would soon be undone. "Anything" I said (and meant it). She told me to sit on the edge of the bed and close my eyes. I obliged, wondering what was coming next. She stood in front of me and lifted my chin up like when she was doing my make up, but instead of a makeup brush.