Then my father died of cancer and I suddenly found myself with a business to run. I knew the hammer and nails end of the business, but was totally los... when it came to the part that my dad had always handled - bidding jobs, dealing with suppliers, handling customers - but unprepared or not I was still left with having to do the job. I learned several hard lessons when I bid jobs too low and had to eat the cost overruns, but I got better as I went along. Then I fell victim to that old saw that. "Do you remember the last set of wards we passed through before these?" I asked. A pair of Vulkai nods were my answer. "Do not go further than this side of those wards in your hunting," I cautioned. "You will not be able to find your way back past them if you do."Kei and Labo hunted rabbits while I built a fire, resorting to a little magic in the end as there was nothing worth burning here, save for sparse tufts of grass and a wet, clinging lichen that covered almost every inch that wasn't. What's it like being aDeb, Alex?"I quit," I said matter of fact."Quit!" Shelly exclaimed. "Alex, I told you--" It's okay," I said cutting her off. "I planned on quitting anyway.They're a bunch of fakes. All they care about is fashion and lookingcute."Brett blinked in unbelief. "You quit the Debs over that? She shook herhead. "Alex, you're my friend... and I mean this in the nicest way...but you're the weirdest girl I've ever known."She didn't know the half of it."OMG!" Abby said in a low voice.. Mera mayka ek joint family hai. Mere papa ke do badey bhai hain. Badey tau ji ke 2 ladkey ek ladki aur chotey tau ji ke do ladkiyan aur main aur mera chota bahi hain. Toh mere papa navy mein hain. Mere dono tau ji adahat ka kaam kartey hain. Meri mom dad ke saath rehti thi aur hum dono bhai behen ghar mein hi rehtey they. Meri ek tai hindi ki teacher thi aur dusri ney apna boutique khol rakha tha. Kul mila ke sab bahut busy rehtey they hum chron behney ek kamrey me soti thi aur teeno bhai.