Goes to high school, gets good grades. Gonna go to college too.’ This last carried a defiant tone. ‘That’s okay. A woman as good looking as you ...re figures to have had a few men in her life. Getting pregnant is kind of an occupational hazard.’ ‘Hey! I’m not a whore!’ Rosa spat out. ‘Whoa! Never said you were. Didn’t mean to imply it either. Sorry if I offended you.’ Rosa calmed down. ‘Her father was Swedish, a blond god – like a Viking.’ ‘And he sailed off into the unknown?’ ‘No!’ She stared at. .." Policewoman?" Sofia offered."Ja," Eva nodded agreeably. "That is better. Policewoman. I was, hmmm ... playacting to be a prostitute. Undercover, I think?" Undercover, yeah. So you were like a vice cop," I said. "Okay." All the vices!" Eva laughed. "Precisely. I was very good for that because I know how to do it. I have seen it my whole life." I don't understand," Sofia said."Her mother was a whore," Wolfgang said. "Eva grew up in the brothels where her mother worked." Oh!" Sofia blinked at. We both stood there frozen. Time was frozen. Mymother-in-law Grace I could see was not smiling or laughing about this. Ilooked over at my mother-in-law Graces hand. My mother-in-law Grace washolding a cigarette. My mother-in-law Grace made direct eye contact withme. I watched her bring that cigarette to her lips. I watched her longfingers hold the cigarette. My mother-in-law looking me straight in theeye as she lit her cigarette with her lighter. My mother-in-law was veryangry with me.. I am from a small village in Tamilnadu very near to the Kerala border and I live in a joint family.My school was 3 miles from my home and I had to cross a small stream and a thickly forested area in order to get to school.Occasionally I encountered wild animals near my village and it was really a splendid sight to catch a glimpse of them.Days went by and soon I finished my half yearly exams and had a week long leave.The very next day I set out to wander through my village and went to meet my.