This Taran was one of them. I didn’t realize this at first. He was selling us vegetables at a lower rate as a condolence after my father passed away... At times he was kind enough to deliver the vegetables at home in the evening. But slowly a pattern emerged.Taran was a hardworking man and would personally handpick the vegetables to any customer that arrive. But it happened quite a few times that whenever my mother came to him, he would be suddenly busy on his phone. Just so he could see my amma. That evening she was laying on her stomach drawing and listening to the radio. Her father was drinking again and remembering a vivid dream he had last night. He was in an unusually good mood this evening, which he attributed to his special dream, so he asked his daughter to come and show him her drawing. She happily pranced over to him and proudly presented him with her latest masterpiece. It was a fairly accurate drawing of the dog, but with a very large red penis sticking out of his belly!. That had been Friday.Mark didn't see Steve before school started the following Monday, nor washe at lunch, the usual preferred time for intimidation and humiliation.He wasn't there when Mark took his seat during the next period, math, theone actual class the pair shared. In fact, the whole classroom lookedwrong; Nate Johnson was in Steve's usual seat, and the rest of thestudents were shuffled around until the only open desk was in the back,where the popular girls sat. As the bell rang a. “Stephen!” Magus shouted. Irene nearly jumped out of her chair.“What?” Stephen shouted. Irene flinched.“What are you doing?” Magus shouted. Tense, Irene looked at Stephen’s office.“I’m working on my homework!” Stephen shouted. Nervous, Irene turned to face Magus’ office.“Okay. Never mind!” Magus shouted. Worried, Irene turned to look at Stephen’s office.“What do you need?” Stephen shouted. Irene looked at the door ready to bolt.“Don’t worry about it!” Magus shouted.“Okay,” Stephen shouted.Irene.