I had always been happy to be alone. Before everyone got sick and died, I had never realized the "punishment" of solitary confinement. Now, I understo...d.The world as I knew it ended in early 2020. Nobody had been sure what exactly went wrong. People began getting sick. It started with flu-like symptoms. After a couple of weeks, people lost consciousness and never woke up.Now, ten years later, my world was empty.Right before things went to hell, my wife and I had been looking to move. The kids. I thanked my good luck that she did not revolt or do anything which could get embarrassing for both of us in society. I first guided her to lie down in a relaxed manner. Then my hands hurried to release the stubborn zip of her skirt. It was really badly jammed. Reshama laughed seeing me struggle desperately to open it. Then she giggled as she herself opened it effortlessly. She had managed to open the zip but was not letting the skirt drop. She was holding onto it tightly in shame. I gently. A never ending fountain of energy, that one. I noticed something off about her after the Fourth of July. There was that little one tent circus that came to town. Didn’t even know those things even existed anymore. They were all foreigners that ran the thing. They had these dancing Russian bears. The workers all spoke with an accent. They sounded Russian to me, but, I think they said they came from Romania. Or somewhere over there. I don’t remember. Anyway, she had a date with one of those. MY First stepWe had an educational tour to historical places of Karnataka in my 10th. And it was only one bus & was completely filled. As I was the monitor of the class I made seating arrangements. But I got no seat myself even my class teacher hot Bharathi got no seat, so we bought a sitting bench from school and Myself and Bharathi mam shared it with 2 other lady pupil.In tour it was a beach very first day. Bharathi mam was not interested in playing at shore. But I called here to have some.