"When he came to see me late last year, I noticedthat he has a mark on his wrist. A mark that could only have been madeby a sharp object." Wh-what?" M...m asks, her jaw dropping."Are you seriously telling me that you'd rather have a dead grandchildthan a transgendered grandchild?" Grandma Jones asks, showing somesmugness of her own at playing her 'trump card'."Yes," Grandma Walker says firmly. "If she's going to disgrace herfamily like that, then she deserves to die." Then you don't deserve to be. He was dressed in a traditional sherwani with headgear. “It’s been a while since I’ve cleaned up,” he thought.He took a sip of water and sat on the bed in his room. Downstairs, preparations were being made for a marriage ceremony. The pyre was set up in the living room by the pujari. He also happened to be Raghav’s closest friend Aashish.Raghav thought back to when he first told Aashish about his ‘situation.’ He smiled, remembering how Aashish’s jaw dropped. “You lucky fucker! I can’t believe. When her eyed uncrossed, Annie looked to her two "nieces." "Mary Lou and Angie Mae, could you hep Clem out back fer a spell; Your Aunt Jennie and me needs to talk to Miz Alice."Hearing this backwoods diction come out of the mouth of a woman with two masters degrees astounded Alice. Clem beamed as the two girls jumped up and skipped over to their brother's chair. "Sure'uf, Aunt Annie, we'll help Clem REAL good." Now you be careful how you 'help' Clem," Annie joked. I don't want him geittin' you. I will try to work something out as soon as we finish this meeting. By the way, we do not have very much toilet paper, so be very sparing with what you use."I hope that you all realize that we are in a very dangerous predicament here, and we will all need to work together for us to survive. So I expect all of you to cooperate and not goof off."Does anyone else have anything to say?"Adel held up her hand and stood up when acknowledged by John. "John, we are fortunate to have somebody with your.