Autumn was now more than just a hint of wood-smoke in the nippy air of asummer evening. The trees had turned and the leaves were in free-fall. Inthe n...ght sky, the constellations had subtly shifted position. The starswere sharper. The frogs and crickets had grown quieter."Good evening ladies." Walt waved to them as he cruised passed the porchon the tandem.He was showing up all over town lately riding solo on that bicycle. Hewas becoming famous for it. If he wasn't careful, he was going to. After calming myself, I went and saw that Sujata was preparing lunch. I sat near her and started talking, “So, where are you from?” She said, “Here local.”K: So, you do cooking for living.S: No, but when we have guests or tourists then I cook here for them.K: Are you married?”S: Yes, but he works and comes late at night.So we went on and suddenly she asked me, “Saheb, you will be leaving in few days’ time naa, so can I get my pay now?” I said, “Ok” and was searching for my purse. I found it. Ali was now a senior and graduating, she faught with her mother about everything. Ali applied at all the farthest schools possible. She didnt want to be close to home. I cant blame her, Maggie is a control freak and doesn't allow her to do anything. I usually need to be that parent who intercepts and then that becomes another arguement. When she graduated I set a camping trip for us do we can spend it with Ali and Maggie found it lame because she hates camping. Ali loved it, I told her to. “Dad I think we are going to have a problem.” I explained what had happened. He and Rosie smiled , but it was Rosie who spoke up. “ I am going to tell you exactly what the kids were told. But first how the kids were chosen. All the parents drew lots, the criteria was the kids not over 15 nor under 10 and only two from a family.”Mr Johnson Told the kids, “ Kids Our country is going to hell we are in a state of war, Our people and our government against each other. You 12 kids are the legacy of.