I tossed and turned for the better part of an hour. I heard my dad get up and head out to work around 6:30. My mom had been up before that, and left s...ortly after him. A normal start to the work week. I wondered if I'd ever think of anything as normal again after the last few days. I rolled out of bed, and maybe for the first time in my life I really thought about what I should wear. In the back of my mind, I knew it was silly, but I didn't want to embarrass myself. I put that on hold and. ...but with great power comes great responsibility..", the somnambulent voice of our lecturer Mr. Jones drifted up to us. He even had a boring name. I glanced across at Lenda...she was mock snoring, her head tipped back."...of course hypnosis is only effective on people with weak or easily suggestible minds.." Mr.Jones was continuing."..in the past doctors have abused this and enticed patients into sexual and otherwise unethical behaviour with them..." I perked up a little. A smile tugged at my. He carried it very well, a perfect father figure.Ours was an arranged marriage and I had met Satish just once before saying yes.He was handsome,tall and now I knew starkly resembled his father.We were travelling from Agra ,heading towards Lucknow a distance of 360-370 kms and naturally given the settings the journey seemed getting even longer.The three men keeping quiet in the presence of a bride in the car.My Husband seemed to be fast asleep tired by previous night's rituals ,so was my father. I looked at him and said, “If you can mount and ride I suggest you get the Hell out of here.”The injured scalp hunter before he tried to mount reached for his weapons...not to fight but to take with him. I shook my head, “Unh unh no weapons.”It took him awhile but he finally managed to mount and ride out and he never uttered a word.Louise forming her shield was more important than I first realized... I counted the leads … there were nine of them. That means that although we had divided our.