“You are Brian, aren’t you? She asked.“Yes.”She sat down at the kitchen table, and I sat opposite of her.Her eyes were red from crying, but sh... looked quite beautiful. She was wearing a silk flowered blouse and shorts.We sat in silence for a while before she took a photograph from the box. She stared at it for a while, and then she started crying again.I sat there awkwardly, not sure what to do until she leaned forward and hugged me.She held me tightly, rocking back and forth, sobbing into my. I concocted a story in my mind that was shocking enough to be believable. And my mind was playing out what really had happened over and over again and what would have happened if I hadn’t been rescued. My feelings were odd and shocking. I shook them off.When I got home I told my hubby the business meeting was a success and when it was finished the other people there, all men, went down in the cabin to smoke and play cards. Hubby knows I hate cigarette and cigar smoke, it makes me feel sick, so. ഉമ്മ ഇട്ടിരുന്നത് നൈറ്റ്‌ ഗൌണ്‍ ആയിരുന്നു. ഉമ്മാന്റെ മുലകള്‍ ഉള്ളിലൂടെ കുറേശ്ശെ നിഴലിച്ചു കാണാമായിരുന്നു. ഞാന്‍ വീണ്ടും ഉമ്മാന്റെ കൈ പിടിക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിച്ചപ്പോള്‍ ഉമ്മ വേഗം റൂമില്‍ നിന്നും പോയി. എന്ത് ചെയ്യണം എന്നറിയാതെ കുറെ നേരം ഞാന്‍ ബെഡില്‍ ഇരുന്നു. ഉമ്മാന്റെ റൂമിലേക്ക്‌ പോയാലോ എന്നാലോചിച്ചു. പക്ഷെ അത് പിന്നീടാകാം എന്നു തീരുമാനിച്ചു. ആ മുലകളും പൂറും ഓര്ത്തടപ്പോള്‍ എനിക്കടക്കാന്‍ കഴിഞ്ഞില്ല. ആ കൊഴുത്ത നെയ്‌ കുണ്ടിയും മുലകളും ഉമ്മയുടെ രണ്ടു ചന്തികളും അതിന്നിടയിലുള്ള ആ സുന്ദരമായ തീട്ട കുണ്ടിയും,. “S… Sorry Adam. I forgot”. Clara never liked being yelled at and I immediately felt guilty for it. “Sorry, its ok. I’m just finishing up a project for Dr. Sonya’s and getting some unexpected results” I told her. “It fine” she said meekly. “I was just wondering what the dinner plan was.” “I’ll be downstairs in a little bit and we’ll order Chinese”. “Great” she said with a bubbly smile and twirl out of the room. ‘What am I going to do with this’ I thought to myself, turning back to the computer.