”Fir mom wahan se nikal jaati hai ghar ke liye. Ab roz Ratan kisi na kisi bahane se humare ghar aata aur mom se baat karne ka bahana dhoondta. Udhar...mujhe ye dekh ke bura lag raha tha. Fir ek din maine dekha Kavita aunty mom se baatein kar rahi thi.Maine mom se puchha toh woh boli ki Kavita aunty kuch din ke liye gao jaa rahi hai. “Woh bas ye bol rahi thi ki main Ratan uncle ka khaana bhej diya karu.” Sham hui aur Kavita aunty apna samaan le kar station jane ke liye khadi thi.Kyunki koi auto. Vostich and Mirwanna both put their foot down over this issue.Finally, we were ready. I had already changed into earth clothes as had Vivian. I double-checked that we had everything we needed and opened the gate. I will never get used to the feeling of losing the connections to this world, and establishing weaker and fewer connections on earth.I went through, and had a quick moment of disorientation as new connections were formed. These were much fewer, but at least they gave me control. I. Some women have called me handsome, but I think of myself as right ordinary, what with my dark brown hair and light green eyes.I started life in 1846, right at the end of the war with Mexico, so I had occasion ta grow up with war stories aboundin' around my ears. My first 13 years were spent on my Pa's farm, workin' as hard as a boy my age could manage, soz I put on muscle 'bout as fast as anyone could expect. My only time away from the farm was when I was at school, and that was usually 'bout. Then suddenly from the woods two jocks, Jack and Harry jumped out in front of me soaked from having just swam in the pond. At school they were the biggest and meanest jocks at school, but today they were real nice and even invited me to go swimming with them. I said that had no bathing suit, but they grabbed one of my hands each and started leading me into the woods towards the pond. I was so scared of being caught when Jack grabbed my ass and whispered into my ear "we know your secret" and we.