"You guys ever meet with any of these people?" Barb asked."Mom and Dad do sometimes," Patty replied. "They won't let us kids do that, though. Because ...e're underage. Dad says you never know when one of those answers might be a trap." I suppose that's true," Barb said thoughtfully. "Well, are you guys ready? Patty, have you got any pop in the ice box?" Sure. Let's go get some."Ruth and her son were in the living room watching TV when the girls trooped into the kitchen. Patty opened the bottles. I saw the sheen of her long, smooth legson either side of me. I tried to hold the gun, but myfriend was the stronger. It moved closer, tilted lower. Thebarrel moved past my face. A wave of fear rushed over me asit pushed against Lin’s left breast, indenting the softflesh. Oh God. One bullet. One pull of that trigger andLin’s beauty would be over. My hand was on the gun. My handcould kill her. The gun poked her nipple. I was so close tothat brown circle. As close as I had dreamt. Blue film lagei dekhilu. Kabat jharaka band kari deithilu. Light jalu thila. Tv re tuka tuki masta kara heuthile. Ame dekhi katha heuthilu.Kichi samaya pare mu cd change kali. 12 barsara tuki ku 50 barasara budha. Budhara banda masta lamba heithila. Tuki ra doodha choto choto thila. Bia re bala bi uthi naa thila. Stree kahila emiti bi satare huanti. Haan foreign country re sabu chale. Baap maa pua jhia sabu genha genhi huanti. Kama sarila pare sabu saman. Dekha sabu achi. Budha ra banda ku tuki. Alan's head and arm were throbbing more than he thought they should be, and what a funny dream. He'd seen Hopix. Damn, he thought, don't know if I'll ever see her again the way things are going. Straining he tried to open his eyes. Crap, he was obviously hurt worse than he had at first thought. Finally, he managed to get one eye open. What the??? He was back in the sanctuary. The last thing he remembered he'd tried to flash into the place but only made it to the damn door. Then the biggest.