’ ‘My Lord…Rupert, you are forward.’ ‘Ha-ha. You called me Rupert. How can it be forward when you call me by my given name?’ He had caught...me in word-play and he had caught me also with my emotions. His features were so handsome, but his eyes! His eyes shone from deep pools. Therein all emotions, love, tenderness, honour, laughter and sadness were displayed in equal proportions. I wanted at that moment to wipe that sadness away. Here was something that I had not believed could be true. An. She was in a black saree and a low neck blouse. I could feel a strong perfume smell too, and her hair was wet and let loose. I caught her by her waist and pulled her towards me.I smelled her hair, kissed her eyes and forehead before slowly moving towards the lips. She was breathing heavy and slowly putting her hands around me. We looked into each other’s eyes for a minute and then I got her closer to feel her lips with mine.We took a few minutes of time before our tongues touched each other and. Dad (whispering): Just play along and pretend you’re not my son.Udash (whispering): Yeah? OK.Dad (to Velamma): Get in between us, and we’ll hold on to you tight. We’ll all go up together on the crane.Velamma didn’t see another option in front of her, so she agreed to do as they said. Velamma grabbed the wire, and Udash hugged her from the front. Udash’s dad hugged Velamma from behind tightly as they began to rise off the ground.Velamma: Oh! It’s working!As soon as she said it, the crane. We spent the next two months repeating our raids up and down the Rio Grande. During that time, we rescued 57 more girls, and Sarah and Susan collected five girls rejected by their families. Of these girls, the youngest was 7 and the oldest was 13.All of these girls were totally illiterate, and that really bothered me. I discussed with Replicator the problems these girls would have supporting themselves when that time came, so I wanted to give them the equivalent of a high school education. I.