We wanted to talk because we are really scared about what is going on around here.We are holed up in our suburban home with another family, friends of...ours that knew this was coming. We have come to no harm but fear that the situation may get worse soon.We have all heard shots fired in our neighborhood and we live in an area of town that isn't known for that. Most of our neighbors had no more than a meal or two's worth of food and even then they are still starving because they don't know how to. The man in a suit handcuffed me and took me to an interrogation room."Where are Amy and her family?" Was the first question I asked once I was more alert and seated."Calm down Miss Reynolds, you will be home and safe soon, we just need a few questions answered." Why are you doing this?" Because we want to talk to The White Angel and Miss Carter is the only person we know has had contact with her. So you can thank The White Angel for you all being here." But I have never even met The White. ‘Cab’s here!’ Adrift on a river of cacophony and confusion, the family flows toward the front porch, sweeping baskets and balls and coolers and roasting pans and one huge red inner tube toward the waiting yellow cab. Harvey, our usual driver for Sundays, sits patiently waiting, having weathered this flood many times. The Hunter family does not own a car. They are ‘too poor’, though they seem to be able to afford many cab fares. (Thirty years later, at an ALANON meeting, Jeff will discover the. My daughter’s life is secured. Now I need to see what can be done that would not create any problems for us.Me – I was listening to her like a zombie.Mom – Beta, come to me. I am calling you as your mother, not the mother who was going to spread her legs and get fucked by you but caring mother.I crawled onto the bed and laid my head in her laps, staring away into infinity.Mom – Don’t worry, once we are back in Delhi, we will talk and sort out the matter.Me – I am worried she may do something.