" I figured you could all use a good breakfast with your trip ahead of you. And it will be the last home cooked meal you'll get for a while. Might as ...ell make it a good one."I got some coffee, went back to the bathroom and joined Bev, already in the shower."I remembered some things we forgot to pack, Val." Oh? Like what?" Well, if I'm going to be there three and a half weeks, I need to take some tampons."(I don't want to hear about it.)"And I thought a deck of playing cards would be a good. I know, I could feel them. I take a delicious sip of champagne and thing about my next move. Will he still let me walk out if I want? Do I want to leave? No. “You took a lot of chances playing Black Jack tonight. You remind me of myself. And now you’re sitting here in front of me now. You didn’t even know my name. You’re a risk taker. Do you like the exhilaration you get from taking risks?” he asks me. Do I? I certainly never thought of myself as a risk taker. The ladies at the office would. Apppozhuthu avargalin periya mulai enathu kaiyai pattathu naan athil enathu vaayai vaithu sappa aarambithen. Ammavin periya mulai kaambu enathu vaaikul sendrathu enathu sunniyai akka sapi urinthu umbikondu irunthaal.Amavin mulaiyai enathu kaiyaal pidithu thadavi vaayil vaithu sappinen piragu enathu kaiyai ammavin pundaiyil vaithen amma ethuvum sollamal irunthaargal naan antha mudi ulla pundaiyin ulle viralai vittu aata aarambithen.Amma hmmmmmmm endru mubara aarambithaargal athai keta akka. . you would be dead from starvation then, and our family line would be dead. Do you not know? You need them! You can hardly live without them, in fact! You forget that you are one of my children! Do you understand what that means?" She spun me around to look me in the eyes. "You need what they offer, and it appears they offer it to you freely."I looked at her with confusion, "What are you talking about? I don't need the food they make or the house they offer. I have enough money to live in on.