Abhishek ne mujhe dekha aur kaha, “Aa gaya.” Mummy ne mujhse pucha, Tu bhi pita hai kya daru?” Main us time dar gaya. Maine kaha, “Nahi mummy ...ain nahi pita hu.” Main leke aaya aur hall mein rakh diya. Ab mere dost ne peg banaya aur meri mummy ke hath mein diya. Dono ne start kiya pina.Mere dost ne mummy se pucha, “Agar Naveen pi le toh kya dikkat hai? Woh kya bachha hai? Aapne ye kyu pucha usse ki woh pita hai kya?” Mummy ne kaha, “Mujhe pata nahi tha isi liye usne pucha.”“Toh agar woh piye. All Jorge Guerrillero ever wanted to do was teach, but his political activities kept getting him into trouble. He had been a loyal member of P.R.I., the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the party that had ruled Mexico since the 1920s. He had attended the rallies and worked for the election of its candidates. He had to if he wanted to teach. And in the beginning he had believed all of the rhetoric about making life better for the common people in Mexico.But then he began rocking the boat. He. I would need to step outside and power up the generator, but for the moment, I was reluctant to do so, reluctant to leave the warmth and comfort of the bed. The sound of the air being rapidly blown around the small home had just started to lull me back into slumber when I thought I heard something outside, the sound just barely audible above the incessant howl of the wind. With my eyes closed against the darkness, I listened, and had almost given up any semblance of consciousness when I heard. “Reckon he’s dead?”“If he ain’t he will be. He’s hit, you can see by the blood. He’s down in that holler, and I don’t see a good way out. All we have to do is ride off and leave him.”I could barely see the riders through the brush. I saw one wearing a derby. A derby I had seen before. There was nothing I could do, wishing I’d grabbed the rifle instead of the shotgun.Derby spoke. “You’ll excuse me if I want to be sure. Hank, you and Ben find a way in there. Drag his body out. I want to piss on.