I don’t know how Ma does it. We were ready to give up, but she kept us on the road since daylight this morning, the same as yesterday. She’s amazi...g. Goodnight I’ll see you at breakfast.”Rita had been standing by the door to their bedroom, not speaking, just watching and listening to what had been said. Chance shut the outside door and gathered Rita to him as they went in to go to bed again. “Ma’s home, things will jump around here now. I also noticed Rod had a pistol buckled on. I wonder where. Shalini turned and saw me frozen in fear and laughed and said: ” it’s ok girl aaja bett ja ye saab common hogaya hai ab” I could hear my heart beating and just sat there as she told. I was staring at her face and she casually was reading it, I had no clue what to say so kept quiet and peeked on the screen and she was reading “Adventures of two birds” (( kavya I want a kiss because you got shout-out to your story))As she read on I noticed her eyes go wide and breath heavy. My cheeks were red and. He had sweat mowing the lawn and now his corset was beginningto itch. She had tightened the laces again that morning and hecouldn't get at the itch. Finally he decided he had to live withit. He started to clean the kitchen. He finished the countertopswhen the phone rang. It was Sheila telling him that she wasbringing someone for supper that evening. He was shocked that shewould bring someone when he was dressed as he was. He resumedcleaning the kitchen. Late in the afternoon he started supper.. It was an enormous relief to find I could work again. No nagging distractions, uncertainties. I was in love and loved. Whenever I had a panic, I could fall back on that love and get back to work. None of the pencil chewing staring out of the window of the last weeks - and months. Now I was working well, I realised how bad things had got, slowly sliding down over the months. Ever since Elizabeth had made me realise that loving Robert might not be hopeless after all. From that time on, there had.