Just like I was taught, just like I was trained. BY ALL OF YOU!”“Don’t get angry, Ruby, I just don’t understand what’s happened to you. I ...now the headmaster would like to parade you around as his own personal brochure for the school but I’m worried about you. Kyle is worried about you. I’m actually concerned he may pull out of this marriage.”“What?” My heart began racing. How was being successful in this lifestyle risking my future here?“He is very upset. His father came to see me to see. Paarpatharku ethuvum theriyathu, naan enathu thuthi kaalal pundaiyil vaitu azhuthineen. Roopavin mugam moodu eripoi sivanthathu sugathil. Pinbu enathu kalgalin viralgalal avalin pundai pilavil vaithu ulle nuzhaithu nandraga viralgalal aatineen. Athu avaluku neraiya kaama sugathai tharum, enathu kaalgal avalin pundaiyil vittathil eeramaga aanathu.Viralgal muzhuvathum eeramagina, aval enathu kalil negam padum paddi azhuthinaal. Naan kadavul idam vendineen avaluku kanju varumpozhuthu aval satham. Let me tell you, when it’s new in your hands it’s a cold fast rush.I grew up a really straight-laced girl in a fly speck town that was essentially a suburb of a slightly bigger fly speck town. I grew up really happy, but really insulated. Same group of people, same group of kids all growing up together. Same church. Same straight-laced church. Same witheringly regimented, suffocating church. But I didn’t know that then so I was very happy.I knew I was a pretty girl, knew my shape had shown up. ”Mike closed his cell phone. He said, “I’ve got to be going.”“You never answered my question about moving to the country,” Sonny said.Looking at Sonny, he said, “I’d rather live in hell than be surrounded by a bunch of yahoos like you.”“That’s a rather unfriendly attitude. I’m a pretty nice guy,” Sonny said.“You’re a pain in the ass,” Mike said getting up from his stool.Sonny asked, “Where are you going?”“I’m going to that strip club,” Mike answered.“Are you going to arrest those two guys?”.