They left on 10th, leaving me alone to guard there new home on 10th night, by 8 pm, I was watching TV and the doorbell rang. I opened the door is laks...mi there? No, lakshmi has gone to tirupati, I’m shyam, lakshmi`s younger brother, how can I help you. Oh! I came here to seek some help from lakshmi; I’m in a small problem now is it, I’ll make a call to lakshmi, u can speak to her (I took my mobile, dialed my sisters no. but we were unable to reach her as they were travelling) ohhh, no, can v. Come on, do homework. Look at the paper for another two minutes before realizing I’m zoning out. Damn it all.“Fuck my life,” I voiced out loud the thought in my head. I turned away and instead collapsed on my bed, turning on my TV. I was sick of listening to myself think, sick of feeling guilt, so the obvious solution was to just turn my attention to a fake show with pretend problems and life lessons no one ever learned.The hours flew by pretty quick. I ate my dinner, while my mom drilled me. "I don't care if he is the Secretary General of the damn Union. The patient is not to have alcohol while taking the medication I prescribed. If Dr. Graham has a problem with my instructions, he can complain to the Administrator." He said, stepping past the door and into Kat's view. With his heel, he hooked the door and swung it close, his nose still buried in the data pad.Kat, holding her breath, grabbed the edge of the door before it could swing out of reach and pivoted around the end so that. ”“Yes, the Great Balance. I know.”“Yes, her power is balanced by the High Bureaucrats and the Congress of High Nobles.”“She generally has their support, I take it?”“Hard to tell, much of what they do doesn’t filter down to the likes of me ... or even you, despite you having to be at one of the Courts every so often,” she replied with a smile.“Ah, so they may not exactly support her, but don’t actively oppose her either?”“Sounds more likely, particularly as she most definitely has the power to.