.പ്രായപൂർത്തിയായി ഏതാനും മാസങ്ങൾ മുതൽ എന്നെ നോക്കുന്നത...��ലും എന്നോട്‌ സംസാരിക്കുന്നതിലും എന്തോ ഒരു ഇത്‌ ഞാൻ മനസ്സിലാക്കിയിരുന്നു…..പ്രത്യേകിച്ചു സൂചനകൾ ഒന്നുമില്ലായിരുന്നെങ്കിലും അവർ എന്റെ വാണ നായികയായി മാറി…അവരുടെ വീട്ടിലെ മുകളിലെ ഹാളിൽ ഉണക്കനിട്ട അവരുടെ ഷഡിയും ബ്രേയിസ്യറും ഞാൻ എന്റെ വണപ്പാലിൽ മുക്കി…..അവരുടെ ഭർത്താവ്‌ ഗൾഫിലാണു….ഒരിക്കൽ എറണാകുളത്ത്‌ ഒരു കല്യാണത്തിനു പോയ ഞങ്ങൾക്ക്‌ ആറ്റുത്തടുത്താണു സീറ്റുകൾ കിട്ടിയത്‌….പരിപൂർണ ധൈര്യമില്ലാതിരുന്നിട്ടും അവരുടെ മുലകൾ എന്റെ മുട്ടുകൈകളുടെ മർദ്ധനമേറ്റു. "Chewie just growled at her. He picked up a bowl of the stew, sniffed at it and began wolfing it down. He grunted at her to come and sit down and eat. She did so with a sigh, and picked up her bowl. "Mm," she said after a few moments, "this is delicious." Like Chewie, she too wolfed it down.She leaned against Chewie's broad back and took a deep breath. She suddenly realised that he was rigid, and had barely looked at her since they woke up. "What's up Chewie?" she asked softly. "You're not. (Yeah, he could have flown, but, why push the issue?)Bill returned about two hours later via ‘teleport’ with his briefcase containing papers worth $2,436,155,000! He was going to get with Jake Manley to get him on retainer as the Family’s new Tax man. Mary was going with him as our accountant, and Bob and Ed were going, just to make sure they didn’t run into any ‘problems’ with somebody trying to forcibly relieve Bill of our fortune before getting most of the papers into our safe-deposit. I own a computer software and consulting company.”“Man, everyone I know is talking about studying computers or working in computers. They drive me nuts!”“Computers or the people?” I grinned.“Both!” she laughed.“So what do you want to do?”“I’m not sure. I have a job as a receptionist once I come back from Okinawa, and I’m going to work for at least a year before I decide. My dad wants me to join the Marines, but can you see me as a Marine?”“Why not?” I said. “One of the toughest, smartest naval.