” I shouted for joy.Grandpa placed a hand on my shoulder and said, “Whoa. Before you get too excited I need to tell you something and you need to ...ell me something in return. Is that fine?”Just as enthusiastically as before I said, “Sure. Anything you wish.” I winched when I realized I said the word wish.“Jessica said she won’t be able to come over to stay this week. And she’d need to talk to her parents about it,” he informed me.I knew that if her parents were fighting that probably meant she. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Devers. Please sit down."She'd frozen when the gavel had lost its head. Looking at me like she thought her head -- or maybe it was mine -- might be next, she sat -- slowly."Thank you, Mrs. Devers."God, what had I just done?! This was my vice principal, the one others called "The Devil" for her uncompromising discipline.Taking a deep breath I went on more calmly. "Samantha, thank you. That's a good point."Thank you very much for bringing that up," I added fervently, babbling. Ab wo puri nangi thi. . . . . . . Usne mujhe ek smile di. . . . . . . Jab maine uske pair failaye. . . . . To dekha uski choot par ek bhi baal nahi tha. . . . . Maine mere jeebh uske choot pe rakhi aur ek smoothsa kiss diya. . . . Fir maine dheere dheere choot chatne ki speed badhi dhi uske dono hath mere sir pe the. . . . . Usse kaffi majja aa raha tha. . . . Main uske choot ka sara raas p gaya.Maine usse bed ke kone pe bithaya aur meri underwear nikalne ko bola. . . . Uska rona abb bandh ho. “I understood that, from all the things Ylva told us,” he shook his head, as if trying to wake from a bad dream, “I understood that.”“Not entirely alone, my friend, not alone.” The thought came to all of them, even as they heard a shouted alarm from outside the hut. “And now, if you will inform your people that I mean no harm to them, I will speak further with you on this matter.”“What next?” said Jord as he climbed painfully to his feet and limped out the flap into the bright sunshine, to see.