When I was done, I withdrew, stood and spoke.“Clean up this mess and make me breakfast.”I walked into the bathroom and started the shower, all the...time ignoring the sobs coming from the bed. After dressing, I walked past Deb, who was on her hands and knees, with a brush and soap washing the place on the stripped mattress where my piss had landed. I went to the kitchen to find the automatic coffee maker had again done its job. I poured a cup, went to the living room and turned on the. Avalum ennai kama paarvaiyil paarthukondu irunthaal, ipadi irukum pozhuthu en nanbanai medaiku azhaithaargal. Nanbanum pinbu avanathu sagalaiyum room vitu kilambinaargal ippozhuthu nanum athai matum thaan irukirom. Inga kathavu thapal potal matum thaan nirkum ilai endraal room kathavu sathathu.Ac oodikondu irunthathu athanaal naangal ulle irukum pozhuthu thapal potalum yarukum entha santhegamum varathu. Naan kathavai thapal potu mallu athaiyai paarthen, athai ennai paarthu vazhinthaal udane. Cindy, one hand, Lee, me, the other. Drag him, pull him. Grunting with our childish lack of strength. ‘Push… Cindy, Pull! Get him on the bed and we can go to find food.’ Not an easy task. Food? Kill the rabbit. Dad, bless his soul, raised rabbits. He sold the fur – we ate the rabbits. Like chickens which we had also… lard in the pan and fry very crisp. Chicken or rabbit – sometimes chicken and rabbit. One day the rabbits were gone. We were twelve then and Dad was away for several months. I. A few of them looked familiar but I couldn't place them. Others I had no idea as to who they were. I printed up a hard copy so that the others could look it over when they got back and then started going over the program chips again.I finished the one I had been working on earlier and had just completed another one when I heard the door rattle. Arming myself I checked it out but it was just the others returning. I should have known it was them as Amanda, the Hearth spirit, had not said.