Snow-capped summits all along the western horizon blazed white with reflected sunlight against a sky so blue that the color bordered on black.“Have ...ou ever seen anything so beautiful, Dennis?” Alice gave me an extra hug and rested her head on my shoulder.“Not in this lifetime.” I kissed the top of her head and returned her hug. “Where did we park Mr. Kawasaki?”I searched the blanket of snow before us for any sign of our ATV. It was nowhere to be seen.“I think our Mule is under the drift.”Alice. The teenagers obviously knew them. That was obviously how they got to see it, and recognised MY MUM, that apparently prim and proper, middle class housewife they knew, from down the road!A copy of a video titled "Teresa's Torture" was put in our mailbox one day, addressed to Mum, with a note telling her who had seen it. It said that if she wanted them to keep quiet about it and not let it get around to people such as Dad's bosses and colleagues, our friends and the neighbourhood too, they. "Ooh looks like we are getting a big one tonight" I said to myself asI touched the panel to close the balcony doors, once the doors hadclosed safety interlocks could be heard engaging followed by a heavierstorm screen that slid across the entirety of my balcony, with thestorm screen locked in place I could if I had wished have gone backonto the balcony and watched the storm in safety but I instead optedto dim the inner doors and relax a little before retiring to my bed.I slipped out of my dress. Agle din subah m utha aur chhat par gya.unka ghar 2 gali chhodkar tha aur chhat jyada dur nhi thi vo subah subah kapde sukhane chhat par aayi mai use dekhkar khush ho gya aur use hlki si smile di aur hath se ishara kiya aur usne bhi ishara kiya fir hum dono isharo karte rhe.Mai niche se ek kagaj laya aur pathar me bandhkar uski chhat par fenk diya fir hum dono chle gye vo kagaj khali tha usi din shaam ko vo mama ke ghar aayi aur bhabhi se baate kar rhi thi to mai bhi unke paas aakar baith.