The hot sun was low in the sky and the temperatures had gotten reasonable. There was some partial nudity among the women, as some of the others also c...me and joined the core group.Pam teased, “So, Aaron, we’ve had Shelby with us for over a month while you were up north working and packing. Were you lonesome? Did you miss her in your warm bed?”Both Aaron and Shelby laughed. He elaborated, “Actually, from the day Shel left to come down here, I never slept in my bed. I was with our friends Sasha. Athu pola thaan enaku en nanbanin akkavai paarkum pozhuthu avargalai ooka vendum endra ennam manathil vara aarambithathu. Athuvum en nanbanin akka oru oozhu endru therinthathum, enaku antha akka udan matter poda vendum endru aasai vanthathu. Athu eppadi vanthathu enbathai naan ungal idam pagirugiren. Vaarungal tamil kama kathaikul selalam, en nanban oru velaiyaaga ennai avan veetirku azhaithu irunthaan. Naanum avan veetirku sendru paper works anaithaiyum paarthukondu irunthen, appozhuthu en. ‘I can’t do this.’ ‘I’ve loved you my whole life. You loved me, too. I have a ring on my finger that says it’s right.’ ‘And I have a death certificate that says it isn’t.’ She turned her head, trying one more time to get him to let her loose. ‘Do I feel dead to you?’ he demanded, his voice harsh, full of emotion. He pressed her open palm to the flesh of his chest again. ‘Can’t you feel my heart beating? I’m warm and alive and I need you. You need me. Does he make you feel like this? Does he. However, it was unlike him to call late unless it was an emergency, so she picked up the phone in a panic. ‘Craig? Is everything okay?’ ‘It’s not Craig, Keely.’ She squeezed her eyes shut for a moment, exhaled, and reread the Caller ID. It was then that she noticed that it read Emerson P. ‘P for Paul,’ she thought. The panic welled inside of her. Something had to be wrong for him to call her this late. ‘Are you okay? ‘ ‘Yes.’ ‘Oh my God! Is it your father? Did he have another heart attack?’ Her.