My sister with her two boys came around, we all sat down for a meal, mum made her speciality tonight, meatballs (Keftedes) everyone’s favourite. Aft...r eating, all the guys went to the living room. My sister’s boys asked dad if they could play a bit on their PlayStation on the big TV. Once they got the go-ahead, they got their console games to show Mario. A while later my sister and mum came as well with tea and biscuits. It was a long time for me to enjoy an evening with my family. My parent. My mind is ever alert but it wearies me. Better to think of other things, to dream of the past, as perhaps the moth does in its chrysalis, before it is reborn.I head waves breakingUpon a deserted beach;A place as distantAs the mountains of the moon.Yet, to me, it seems like home.I see myself now in the polished mirror of my mind. I am beautiful, as I have oft been told. We of Mentrassanae hold false modesty to be as contemptible as any other lie. Indeed I am possessed of beauty; I am tall and. ” At least that was a truth. “Woke up late this morning, ate breakfast and here i am."“Okay, I’m off to Paul’s.” Adriana said getting out of the bed. “Didn’t know he was back.” Paul was Adriana’s boyfriend who had travelled to Germany on business."he got back late last night."But before she got to the door, she turned and asked, “What is wrong with your leg? You were walking funny downstairs?"Tristan felt all the blood drain from his face. Then his heart began to pound so hard he thought it was. Kwan.” She disappeared in the nether regions of the apartment.“Master J and Miss Cyn are at the boat,” Mr. Kwan said. “If you wish, I can send for them.”“I prefer that my guests are made comfortable. How do I find the boat?”“Never say you would walk!” He was shocked. Walking was something Europeans never did ... even if it was a few blocks. The boat yard was near the water. Security was extremely tight. Even so, things routinely went missing. Labor was cheap but precision equipment was.