Tab teri khabarloonga”kahkar usne mujhe apne badan se lapet liya.“Kayyumji ne khana lagane ke liye kaha hai.” Maine use dhakka detehuye kaha. Us...e mujhse alag hone se pahle mere honthon ko ek baar kaskar choom liya.” chal tujhe to tasalli se chodenge pahle sahab ko jee bhar ke masallene do.”usne kaha. Fir mujhe khane ka saman pakdane laga.Maine table par khana lagaya. Fir dinner uski god me baith kar lenapada. Wo bhi nagn baitha tha. Uska ling sikuda hua tha. Meri yoniuske naram pade ling ko. That’s why I was going to force it; tonight, by my own hand.Then, would you like to change the lives of those you hold dear?I hadn’t expected another message.The faces of the two women I lived with—my aunt and my younger sister—surfaced momentarily from the depths of my selfishness, but I closed my eyes to them.Aunt Riley was getting by just fine without my help, and Jessie—You’re running away from it.—was better off without a useless brother like me. I selected “no” again.There was no third. And if she spoke to them, to ask about him, or revealed any of what she thought she knew… Either way, he concluded, his time here was done. Might as well stick around and see what she had to say, even if he didn’t much care to hear it. So he sat, spooning his chicken soup, and waited. And in she came. Same face – just more grown up. No acne now, he noted. Same hair, same smile as she looked around, taking in the room. Smiling at no one and everyone, as he remembered, with a tightening in her. ..I just wanted to make sure you weren't laying on the side of the road somewhere...Neil..." ...yeah?" Please don't forget to check in with me...okay?...you know how I worry about you." Yeah, sure, hon...sorry, I just was tired from driving all day..."They chatted for a few minutes more and said "I love you's" and "goodbyes". As Neil went to the bathroom to freshen up, his thoughts were still on his wife and family. He was thinking about the planned upcoming camping trip to the mountains with.