The next morning, Rada took target practice off the back porch during a lull in the storm. Grandpa Aleks came out carrying a tray with two cups of tea... gesturing for her to sit in one of the chairs set back far enough from the edge of the porch to be dry. She fired her last shot, checked her rifle over, rested it against the house, and sat down.“You are shooting at trees, lapushka?” Aleks commented.“The path to the range is buried and the targets would be invisible in this.” Rada stirred a. ’ Hosi kissed me and left a small contingent of warriors to safeguard me. I recognized all of them—they were all fierce competent fighters. I sat on a limestone bench, dropping my feet into the cool water. I cleared my head of all other thoughts. I knew that Hosi would be safe and my children were probably at the forges by now, well out of the conflict. I tried to put all the pieces together—ambush in the jungle, but nobody actually hurt or killed, invasion with automatic weapons, but nobody. Meri zuban automatically supade ko chatne lagi mein ek dum nashe mein choor ho gayi unke lund ki meethi khusboo aa rahi thi mera muh khulta gaya aur poora supada mera muh mein lekar choosne lagi bahut koshish ke bawjood mere muh mein supada ke saath sirf 2 inch hi andar le paayi. mere muh mein laar bhar gaya mein choosti rahi halkasa namkeen swaad meethi khusboo ke saath. Mera mann madhosh ho gaya. Mein choosti rahi choosti rahi. Thodi der mujeeb sir ne mujhe rok diya mujhe shoulders se. “I am 50, I don’t know what young people like you like anymore…” Annie was surprised by the question. “To be honest, I didn’t think about that. I guess anything would be good as long as it brings some money.” She was having this bitter smile thinking of her dad. He wasn’t giving her any allowance lately. Actually he pushed her here in some ways. “Hmmm…” Said Mark with a sparkle in his eyes. “You look quite like a model to me. Stand up a bit… Yeah, are you interested?” Annie was unsure but he.