“Kanee annayya. Idi thappu manam ala cheya koodadu. ” thanani kavvistunnanu. Naa kindi pedavini munipanti tho korukkuntunnanu.“Thappaithe inni r...julu. Muddulu pedithe enduku vooru kunnavu? Anthe kadu enni saarlu nee paita jaarchi. Nee eda ettulu choopinchi mathi pogottav? Pl. Okka sari ” request chestunnadu. Thanani ala choostunte navvu vostundi.“Kanee evarikaina thelisthe?” thana mataku oppukuntunnatlu adiganu. “eariki thelustundi. Ela thalustundi? Nuvvu chebuthava?” “ adigadu. “chee che”. ” He smiled at her and said, “You might be babe but your dad’s not as young as you so bed it is.”She used all the strength she had to throw her arms around his neck as he carried her to her room. Laying her down he went to the window and closed the curtains and turned on the ceiling fan. He asked if she needed a towel. She said no but asked for a cold drink and he left the room.Sharron slowly made her way to the pool and saw Brain come back into the kitchen and asked, “Is she alright babe?”. We make sweet, slow love, kissing hotly.The next two weeks are mostly uneventful. I stop taking my pills that very day, I bleed, and then the next weekend Finn and I set about making a baby. And the weekend after that.I am so excited I feel like I could burst! Who cares if my parents freak out? If his parents freak out? If the whole world does? We have each other, we’ll have our baby, and that’s all that matters.Soon it is the night before we set off for the retreat. I pack quickly,. I was just finishing fixing breakfast noodles at her request, late Sunday morning, when Anne came down from fixing her hair. The only thing she was wearing, other than a slightly smug look, was the dress shirt she’d rescued from Carmichael. Unbuttoned of course.We sat eating the noodles for a while, strangely comfortable, even in silence.Anne finally finished the last bite and pushed her plate away. “Even better than yesterday, I can see why that’s the house specialty. I could get used to.