As if that was going to happen. Ms. Garity pretty much phoned it in. There were big posters up in the classroom with sayings on them. “Never without...a condom.” “Just say no.” “The only safe sex is no sex.” “D.A.R.E.” Off in one corner there was a hand lettered notebook page tacked to the wall that said “Grab ‘em by the pussy.” We were at the end of the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs unit and she played a video on drug identification. The lights were dimmed and several kids were totally zoned. He had lived nearby house. My cousins Rahim and Shami were also not worked. Chachajaan was rented his shops, so he was free. One day Abbu said to Chachajaan, “Yaar! Aise kaise chalega, kuch kamai ka jariya bata na?” Chachi replied, “Bhaijan, bhabhi aur Rani ko kaam par laga lo meri tarah.” Abbu said, “But Fatima works already.” Chachi said, “Bhaijan, aap na bahut bhole ho, mera matlab chudai se hai. Isme bahut paisa hai. Dubai me maine chudwa ke khoob kamaya hai.” Abbu said, “Sahil, yeh Sanno. Shit, I’ve done it again. I know I look decent but it’s not that, they’re drawn to me. All of them, but some more so than others. I do not wish to “always” corrupt their innocence.You sigh.“Fine Rakil,” the disgruntled dirty old man said, “but the stranger better keep his mouth shut if he knows what’s good for him.”You ignore Gandril’s threat, and nod to the Tavern keeper in agreement, saying nothing further.You take a sip of your drink to interrupt the akwardness in the room. It is.... Her respectful, level-headed self was withering.“Ok you….had a few pumps….lez talk….let me….uhhohh no. Gotta...pull out…”A man she truly loathed was probing into her depths, spreading microscopic cells inside her that were no less dangerous than bullets in a game of Russian roulette. If Patel was a little rough in the booth at the club the night before, he could be pumping a disease into the mother of my children, one that could haunt her for the rest of her life. And yet here I was,.