ഞാന്‍ വീും നോക്കിയപ്പോള്‍ അമ്മാവി ആ ഒറ്റ തോര്‍ത്തും ഉട�...ത്തു കൈലി അലക്കു കല്ലില്‍ സോപ്പി’ു തിരുമ്മുകയാണൂ ഹോ അമ്മാവിയുടെ ച്ന്തികളും തുടകളൂം ഏതാു തൊണ്ണൂറു ശതമാനവും കാണാം അമ്മാവണ്റ്റെഒരു ഭാഗ്യം എല്ലാതെ എന്തു പറയാന്‍. അന്നു രാത്രി കിടപ്പോള്‍ എനിക്കു ഉറക്കം വില്ല പകല്‍ കഅ മ്മ്ാവിയുടെ രൂപം ആ മദകത്വം ഒക്കെ ഓര്‍മ്മയില്‍ തങ്ങി നില്‍ക്കുകാരണം കുണ്ണ വടിയായി നില്‍ക്കുകയാണു. അൊക്കെ സ്വ്കാര്യതയുടെ കുറവു മൂലം പുഴയിലോ കുളങ്ങളിലോ കുളിക്കാന്‍ പോകുമ്പോള്‍ മാത്രമാണുഞാന്‍ സ്വയം ഭോഗം ചെയ്തിരുത. ്‌ കഴുത്തൊപ്പം. You.’ I stared at my s****r, she stared back. I sighed. We both knew it had to be this way. Mom and Carla hadn’t gotten along since we were k**s. Now in this weird state, Mom would doubly not listen to what her daughter had to say. It had to be me. So I found myself following Mom through the house until we reached the parlor. The room she never wanted anyone to enter. The carpet was soft, the lighting dim. I almost didn’t see Mom standing by the window looking out at the lawn. She twitched when. We both turned our heads and replied to a young lady in her late teens. She asked if we minded if she used a spot about ten meters past us. Of course not, Rebecca replied, you're welcome.Natural curiosity got the better of us. We surreptitiously watched her from behind our sunnies. Our new neighbor stripped off her sarong and bikini top, spread out her towel. She had very short close cropped blond hair. Her body was impressively lean and muscular; her arms and legs, her torso, back and stomach,. I waited outside her shabby apartment building while she changed clothes.We ate at a mid-scale chain restaurant. She commented that she’d almost always had to cook and rarely ate out. This was a treat. I saw her smile for the first time in a long while.The restaurant was adjacent to a nice mall so we walked and talked, finally settling on a bench by a fountain. We just sat quietly for a bit and I noticed tears beginning to flow down her cheeks.I put my arm around her and just hugged her. After.