When I reached the cottage I slammed the door and rushed to my room shouting about how much I hated her, Auntie came up to the room and asked what had...happened between us, I burried my head and tried to avoid the question but after about ten attempts Auntie said she knew, She had heard everything and a she had washed our sheets and found my sperm stains on Cathernes side of the bed. I flustered and denied everything but Auntie knew better, " how did your sperm get on Catherines side of the bed". “What is your name?”, I asked. “Melanie”, she answered and now her voice sounded differently, she was living again and her sadness left her. “But, we have to hurry to get this done on time, we need to see what I can do to really help you”, I said thinking how I could take her out of that café and better without her black-haired friend. In the next hour I told her a fake story of how I came to work in the university, and when she saw my car, she totally fell for my story and to her I was a real. She kept two steaming cups of Horlicks and some biscuits and said “Kanna, we have forgotten to have dinner. Tonight we will adjust to this.”We both had it. After the movie, Maa had turned so hot, that her face flushed, and I expected Maa to call me into her room. “Good night Kanna!” She affectionately kissed on my forehead.I too kissed her on her cheeks and said “Good night Maa” and came to my room. We both were feeling uneasy to face each other. Exactly after one week of this, we went to the. Sumithra seeing her daughter sitting on my lap chided her, ”Indu, don’t trouble your Uncle and behave like a good girl until we come back from shopping.”“Didi, I have some utensils to be washed, let me finish it and I will join you for shopping,” Nalini said and both the sisters went inside the kitchen.Indira by now had sat comfortably on my lap and was reading the newspaper which was spread on the dining table before me. But I was not comfortable with this young girl sitting on my lap and my.