My doors were never closed .Papa was quite high that evening perhaps had taken double dose of his usual poppy snuff. He banged the doors of my room op...n and entered slightly unstable. He sat himself on my bed and started to remove his shoes. I pointed out to him that he was in the wrong place but he said he was in the correct place. After removing the shoes he removed his woolen shawl and threw it on the floor. Then he started removing his clothes one by one. Son he was totally naked. I was. എനിക്ക് എന്തെങ്കിലും ചെയ്യാന്‍ കഴിയുന്നതിലും വേഗത്തില്‍ ഈ സംഭവം നടന്നു.അങ്കിളിന്റെ കട്ടി മീശയുള്ള മുഖം അവിടെ അമര്‍ന്നപ്പോള്‍ എതിര്‍ത്ത് പറയാനും തോന്നിയില്ല. വല്ലാത്തൊരു സുഖം!എനിക്ക് എതിര്‍പ്പില്ലെന്ന് കണ്ടപ്പോള്‍ അങ്കിള്‍ നാവു ഉള്ളിലേക്ക് കയറ്റി ഇളക്കി പുറത്തെടുത്തു.ഞാന്‍ സ്വര്ഗത്തിലെന്ന പോലെ നിന്നു.അങ്കിള്‍ എന്റെ സ്കര്‍ട്ടും ഷഡ്ഡിയും പഴയത് പോലെ ഇട്ടു തന്നിട്ട് പാലെടുത്ത് കുടിച്ചു. പക്ഷെ എനിക്കെന്തോ കുറച്ചുകൂടി ആകാമായിരുന്നു എന്നൊരു ആഗ്രഹം .നാല്‍പ്പതു വയസ്സോളം പ്രായമുള്ള അങ്കിളിനോട് അപ്പോള്‍. I couldn’t roam the streets forever, and as I turned the corner into my street there was no sign of a Police cruiser waiting for me; I prayed this was a good sign. I walked inside and Mom was sitting in the den, so I went and sat beside her. “I’m really sorry Mom. I don’t know what came over me and I wish I could turn the clock back, but I can’t do that so…..what happens now?”She looked at me for quite a while. “I….I don’t know Phil. I need some time to think this through……. I’m just so mixed. ..that's what the lady cop said."Mindy looked as if she were tearing up again. "God, Patrick...if they'reall stuck like this forever..."Patrick cut her off immediately. "Don't even think that! We'll fix this!Everything will be okay...you'll see! They'll find that guy in no time."He gripped her hands as he did his best to reassure her. Patrick's Grandfather came up and patted the boy on the back with one ofhis new dainty hands. "Well lad, I'm going to go ahead and get down tothe gym. I want to.