. Why would she force that? Didn't Alicia see how the others were treated? Didn't she see what the other people – the ones they called concubines �... the people who didn't have the CAP score to get off planet on their own but had to rely on those rich bastards with a high score – didn't she see how they were treated? The internet was full of stories; the dark web, the near-mythical, exclusive and encrypted part of the internet that required special software to access and was the haunting ground. We were also both in the jazz band, a smaller group. We even had the same piano teacher. We'd spent a lot of time together on the band bus, at games, at band practice and band camp, and I really liked him.He was a bit of a geek, but so was I. I didn't have any deep romantic feelings for him, and didn't imagine that he had any for me, but I did think he was cute and nice, and supposed that he'd be gentle.I wanted gentleness the first time. Never having fucked before, I didn't know what to expect. Once when we were scheduled to meet at a lonely spot near the Ship Yard, inside my Maruthi Esteem. Then my mobile rang. Mobile screen said it was Soujanya’s number. I picked up saying ‘where are you love, my samanam (Soujanya called my penis that) is mad for your sucking, come fast my dear, why still in the office’. However, I was stunned to listen to a very new voice. She said, ‘Hi Chandu, listen I am not Soujanya, I am Sabita’. Oh my heavens. I said: ‘what the hell have I spoken to you. She. They seem to be angry all the time and seem determined to tear each other to pieces. Not all of them. But a significant percentage which should not be ignored. Why is that? The African-American woman seems genetically designed to tear down the African-American man. And vice versa. Haitian men and Haitian women don’t always get along but we unite for the sake of survival. We know that unity means strength. Our national motto is that unity creates strength. Together we are strong. Sometimes, I.