I’ll look after myself or it’s no deal.”“But... , ““And no visitors, unless they’re invited,” I said.“The kids will miss you.”“T...e kids can come over anytime.”Lynn was miffed at that. “What about dinner?” she asked tartly.“I’d love to come for dinner.” That was timed perfectly as Rosita returned. “I love Rosita’s cooking,” I expounded. Rosita grinned.“So do we all,” Lynn said.Rosita scooped up the rest of the dishes and left.“And I’ll eat breakfast alone,” I said.“Suit yourself.”Lynn softened. Avan athai solum pozhuthu en manam valithathu, aanal mathi oru oozhu endru therinthu konden. Avalai epadiyavathu matter poda vendum endru ninaithu irunthen. Mathi idam message seithu keten en nee kalluri vara villai endru? Aval ena solugiraal endru paarthen, aval en idam enaku udambu sari ilai athan naan collegeku vara villai endru solinaal.En idame poi solugiraya endru ninaithu konden, mathi nalai kalluriku vanthaal. Naan vazhakam pola sight adika aarambithen, mathi netru matter pottu irupala. “We’ll see” is her only response, as we alighted from the train.………………………………………………It is two days later……….I arrive in a rush as the train is about to leave the station, and dive into the last available seat in the carriage, the rearward facing seat in a pair of a face-to-face table seat. As I retrieve my laptop from its case, I look up………slowly the flustered expression on my face is replaced with a rather enigmatic smile.“Well……..hello again”“Hi……..how are you?” the reply comes from the same. You never met Ming, she was gone before we ever meet, but you were the first girl I dated after she left." And now we know why she left," Mrs. Brown said with a nod in Lynn's direction."I guess we do," Chief Brown said with a sigh. "And now that Ming is gone we have to decide what we're going to do about it." You're right," Mrs. Brown said. She took a deep breath of her own and turned to Lynn, "Where are you staying now that your mother's dead?" Right now I don't have anyplace," Lynn said..