It was a she, a brunette with a young face. She was propped up on one elbow, facing me. Something from last night bubbled to the surface. Muttering so...tly, I murmured “You’re ... you’re...”“Mary,” she said brightly. Good morning, Mr. deFrame!”“Mary, yeah right, Mary,” I muttered blankly.“Uh, huh. Last night you told me to come back after tucking in Maggie? You said you might be asleep? Don’t you remember?”Beneath my breath I gave a quiet, “Oh, shit!” which caused the young face to explode in. All of them had cleared all old arrears and had also scored good marks.Uncle took a pause from his question and started to think about his son’s marks before a year, and he agreed with him. He came near me and asked for my name. I said “Swetha.” He asked all of us to sit.He kept his palm on my head like blessing someone and said, “I don’t know what to say Swetha. Thanks for keeping them focused on studies.” Inside my heart, I was saying to myself on how the professors and attendees filled my. Jacks a decent guy he has a laugh now and again and he's never really crossed the line with me .I got a little mad at first when I caught them shagging because of the age difference but at the end of the day they are both adults and he makes my mum happy so I just went along with it .Anyway My Mums friend Janet proposed we all went on holiday with them because her husband could get a cheap deal through work .There was 4 of us , My Mum ,Jack ,Me and my younger brother who was 13.And there was 3. The midday sun cast a dazzling radiance on the city laid out below."Look, we're not budging. I don't see how hard this is to get through your heads," said the head representative finally, tossing the pencil aside with a dismissive gesture. "There's no point in the hard line here, folks. You either give a little, and come up to thirty-two five, or we walk. We already have another buyer lined up, and they're willing to go to thirty-four, but our clients would rather we dealt with you." He gave a.