After I started the dishwasher, I went into the living room. Cindy and Angel were sitting on the sofa. Cindy was smoking. I sat down on the rocking ch...ir, and listened to Cindy and Angel talk. Cindy commanded, ?Go into the bedroom and strip. Get a hand towel, and come back here.? I got up and went into the bedroom. I took off my clothes, got a hand towel from the bathroom, and returned to the living room. I hoped that Lanny and Chuck wouldn’t be returning. Cindy lit another cigarette, took a. You saved her life and quite possibly many more. That was very brave." I hate to admit it, but I was scared to death. I don't have Steve's courage and training. I was sweating bullets waiting for the trouble to start. I feared it, while Steve walked up to the front of the stage to defend against it and to challenge the attackers to go after him. I'm in awe of him. I wasn't brave at all." You'll forgive me if I disagree," interrupted Paula. "You have no training, but you willingly helped carry. Looking back as an adult minus my childhood naivety I nowcomprehend all the innuendos and subtle mickey taking I received from mypeers and adults alike, not to mention the unexplainable hostility fromcertain quarters.Within that new found hindsight which comes with maturity of adulthood Ihad to dispense with the delusion that my mother had no idea of myinclinations. In my own defence I only knew her in the first six years ofmy life before she was cruelly snatched away from me by a drunk. I quickly opened my umbrella.As I was walking I heard somebody call out my name. I turned behind and to my surprise it was Tanvi. She was taking shelter under a tree. She didn’t have an umbrella. So I quickly went towards her. She thanked me again. By now she all fit and ready for some action.I took her under my umbrella and we went towards a her car. We still got drenched though due to the heavy rain. I dropped her in the car. But as I was leaving she said, “Why don’t you come over to my place.