”“I’ll do that ... Dulcie.”I showed him out and checked that Liina was prepared to feed more than the immediate family, then returned to my st...dy.I got a quick response from Joe, but not from Rebecca. As Joe was working on a barge by the quay, he suggested a meeting there, and I communicated that to Don Upthorpe.Rebecca;I forgot to switch my phone on. But I walked from school down to the Hythe anyway to meet Joe. I could see him, talking to a man aft on Reminder. I’d crossed Thistle to get. He put his arms around her and looked down at her, at her soft pink lips that were slightly open, puffy from the abuse they just suffered, he looked into her eyes, the light making the golden freckles inside green shine through. She looked closer at him, too, at his dark brown eyes, so average-looking, at how long his eyelashes were, and how she wished she could have ones like them. ‘I think that’s enough of the faces for now.’ She nodded in response. ‘So that leaves…’ He looked further down,. ”“o amar pagol chele, ami bolte chai je purush manusher ota bhishon sakhto hoye, aar meyecheleder ota bhishon narom hoye jake panty deheke thake. Panty bhishon narom kaporer hoye tai toder ota ke ei panty kemon kore atke rakhbe? Aar jadi toder ota khara hoye jaye tahole to panty ta nischoi kore cheenre jabe.” “bodi tumi takhon dhor ota ota lagiye rekhecho. Ami kichu bujhte parchi na.”“accha jadi ota ki bole ta bole dish to amio bple debo.” boudi lajja peye bollo. “boudi, purush manuser ota ke. Every day that she saw me she hugged me and told me thank you. She waited on me hand and foot. I was almost back to normal by the Forth of July.July fourteenth was my birthday and Karen was giving me a pool party in the apartment complex. She invited a bunch of our friends and my family. Before the party started Kelly came to me and gave me my daily hug and a quick kiss on the lips and said “Happy Birthday Matt! I’ll give you your present after everybody leaves.” I was a celebrity, not just.