I slept once more, secure in a place that celebrated The Mother, no matter how old and disused it may be. The Mother may have been almost forgotten in...that land by most but she had at least one true devotee--me.After my morning prayers and ablutions I sat on the temple steps to plan. I knew that Mother had plans for me that involved more than me parking my fat butt on the temple steps and basking in the sunshine like a family dog. If I didn’t seek out my fate I knew that Mother would prod me. Karan was not at all in a mood, neither was Vani (probably), but his mom insisted. Hesitantly they went to the park.Karan was in no mood for a conversation and put on his earphones. Vani walked for some time alongside him. After some time –V: (pulling his earphones) What is this?K: What? Give my earphones back.V: No, I am not. Tell me, what is up with you all day?K: What is up with me? What is up with you? Why are you behaving like this now?V: Behaving like what?K: Ignoring me all day, not. But today, with birth control, a father can love his daughter fully and in a manner that gives her the true feeling of his love, described as 'Bliss', as my own daddy would whisper when he lay atop of me after such sessions, Fucking is a physical function, not a biological statement, and it's free when it lies in the next room, if you are going to do it, then pray may I ask, why not do it to its maximum and attain the greatest pleasure the body can give, when the mind and conscious are free to. “Holly.” “Who are you”“I’m John” She stared back at me. You came back here from the bar. You fell asleep on my couch“did we … you know”“No, at least I don’t think so. I haven’t been drinking so I think I would have remembered”“You mean you brought a drunk girl to your house and then didn’t sleep with her”“ya”“Why did you bring me here”“You wanted to come here, I didn’t realize you were drunk till we got here.”“oh wait…John…john the engineer, that I dropped his food”“yeah that would be me”“I.