Pati sakpaka gaya, mein bolti rahi – devar hai, itna sidha aur sun ke bhi bechara tumari biwi ki sewa kiye jaa raha hai, breast mein pain tha, isliy... hi tumko bataya bhi nahi, tumko kewal apni hi padi rahti hai. Pati ki toh bolti band ho gayee aur chup baith ke dekhne laga, dinesh ka hosla badh gaya tha, nabhi ko aur chussa, aur, mujhse bola – bhabhi aap bhi bewkufi karti ho, jab breast mein dard hai toh boli kyun nahi, sharma ke toh problem badhegi hi, aur doctor ke pass jaaogi toh uske saamne. “Nate?” a voice whispered in my ear. “Nate? You in there?” My eyes fluttered open and Tori smiled at me as my vision cleared.“I must have fallen asleep. Man, that never happened on tour. You, my love, are the best!” Tori preened and smiled at the complement. “Man, now I’m hungry!” and my stomach, as if in agreement, rumbled quite loudly.“Food’s out in the other room. You okay to get up, or do you need help?” Tori asked with a twinkle in her eye.“I’m not that old! I can get up just fine.” I. More chains, gallows, handcuffs, erotic outfits, collars, leashes, spikes, leather restraints, and a bed off to the side of the room that has a canopy closed. Maybe I am not alone, but I can hear every noise and yet I can not hear a heart beat. I watch the flame of a candle flicker across the room. Lost with in the flame, I do not even notice the man who walks up to me. He moves his hand from my neck, to my breast, to my navel, to my cunt, to my thighs. I smile at his touch. He looks into my. Dad interpreted my being born in the orchard a good omen for our surname, Lin, 林, which means forest in Chinese. He named me, Zhen zhu, meaning pearl, which he made me learn to write as 珍珠. Mom and a priest christened me Elizabeth. At home, I was tagged Shu by Dad meaning virtuous, Liezel by Mom, a Tagalog diminutive of Elizabeth meaning God’s abundance and simply Sis by siblings.None then could imagine the tech tsunami coming to change the area into Silicon Valley. I tried to locate my.