Papa mujhe upar se neeche mere kapdo ko dekhe aur fir nazar andaaz kar andar aane lage aur saat hi maa bhi andar aati hui boli: Ye kya pehni ho?Mein: ...ya hua? Kapde hi to hai, wayse aap papa ke saat kayse?Papa apne room ko jaate hue bole: Tumhe phone karne ke baad tumhari maa ka bhi phone aaya wapas, ye market me hi thi to pick up kar liya jake.Mein darwaza band kar living me jakar baithi aur maa papa unke kamre ko chale gaye.Mein sochne lagi ki maa abhi kyu aa gayi inke saat, ab to maa ke. So everyone on the team was under a lot of pressure and wanted to do well. I wanted them to do well too so mom's boyfriend would get off my back. He was already very unhappy when I didn't make a playing position on the team. But being part of the winning team might win me a little peace around the house. Even though I wasn't cut out for playing basketball.Like I said, I'm short and not very coordinated. I don't have any attributes that a young man can brag about. I'm not the skinniest kid. Anu was elder to me by 6 years and worked in a call center. At 25 years of age, she wanted to enjoy the world like anything and was a free bird in true senses.In contrast, I was a hot headed, shy traditional Indian girl with firm belief in Indian cultural values. Dev was Anu’s co worker and boyfriend for last 2 years. They both were Same in nature ‒ extrovert, flamboyant and party animals. Anu had told me that they also attended rave parties ending with nude dances and fun. I somehow never. ”“Is there anything about Mom that isn’t attractive?”“Yes,” Lucy answered, quickly enough that if Mom had heard, I’m sure her feelings would have been hurt.“What?”“The way she dresses.”I had to agree, but I was already doing everything I could to fix that.“Okay,” I said. “So she dresses a little dowdy. If Johnny Depp dressed in unattractive clothes, would he still be sexy?”There was a pause so long that I was worried that Lucy was going to wake up (not that I really needed to be worried—we.