“Girls, we have company. This is Nancy. Nancy, these are Jude, Kate and Natalie. Nancy is a combat instructor for the Chicago police. She is here to...see if she wants to teach us how to fight. Be honest. Remember Roger from the other day? Don’t be like him. I’ll be in my office.Grabbing a Coke from the fridge, I hid.A half hour later, Nancy didn’t even knock before entering my office. Closing the door behind her, “are you starting a shelter?”“They found me,” I protested.“I bet they saw you. Aunty gorintaku pettukunnaru .ala light veluthurulo chusanu nighty tappa lopala emi vesuknatlu ledu ..aunty enko sofa lo padukunaru ..nidrapothunaru anukunnanu ..nakemo body full hot ga undhi .nidralo aunty nighty mokalu pyki vachesindi ..na modda daba daba ani kotteskntundi .a hodalu white ga nunnaga unnai .malli aunty lecharu hands wash chesukuni .gowtham nenu padukuntunanu ..edyna call vasthe lepu anaru .aunty bed room talupu therichi padukunaru nenu velli main door lock chesi vachanu. God will hold them until their fellow spouses, children, and friends join them in the fullness of time. Remember the good times we had. They will live on in our hearts." She was holding one of my hands while Andrea held the other. On SJ's other side, Jacob held her other hand. Bobbi held his other hand as Tomas held her other one.My other parents and siblings were simply in tears. In looking over the past stories, I noticed that Mom Pam didn't figure heavily but she was an important part of my. Make that the second." When was the first?" I asked."When you claimed we had a future," she spat. "And you're really good at that. I believed you ... Then I waited for you and worried about you for seven fucking hours. I cried and hoped that everything was alright. You know I've seen things like this before. A guy gets into trouble with gambling or drugs. He comes home, grabs his family and moves out in the middle of the night, knowing that he can never come back to that town, ever. I didn't.