I sat the sandwich in front of him and a glass of his favorite iced tea. He took some tea but hardly touched the sandwich. After watching him pick at ...he fool, I spoke."Dad you have to let me give you an injection. You're in pain and it's too much for your heart. Please, if you don't want to take it for yourself, do it for me. I need more time with you. I don't want to see you go and mom wouldn't like it either, and you know it." Your mother understands. She's waitin for me, but you're right.. Yet the incident did happen strangely and safely to me during a medical check-up.I still remembered that day when my two colleagues and I went to the provincial hospital for a chest X-ray. When we arrived there, I saw a group of young girls waiting in the corridor. A nurse told me that they came from a junior high school specially reserved for highlands pupils of various ethnic minorities such as Tay, Nung, Dao, H’mong, etc. Guessing my surprise about their school age, she further explained. "Bete, I cannot even think on those lines. I love you with my soul and whole being." Taran pleaded but seemed to realise he would loose this argument in short time. He did.Neelima filled the glasses for the third time. She kept the glasses on the table instead of handing it to her father. She moved in front of her father. She was wearing a long white tee shirt with no bra and white tiny cotton panty. With bright light in the background her hair lit up as if she had descended from heaven. Her. Once more I chose a wood to rest up in, this time for the night. I found enough dry wood to get a fire going and we huddled together and I told Gabrain I would keep first watch. We had been up for a considerable part of the night before so I wasn't surprised when he fell asleep immediately. Hunger pangs were my biggest problem and it was hunger that was perhaps helping me keep my own eyes open.I let Gabrain sleep for six hours and then felt I couldn't keep myself awake any longer so I shook him.