Vera kept me supplied with condoms and the only condition was that I had to tell her about Hannah and me. I kept the secret about my mom away from her...Vera and I met often at a nearby park and even in a gardener's storage shed. She still hadn't made any progress in finding a boyfriend so I wasn't afraid of being cut off by her any time soon. I guess I was feeling pretty arrogant. After all, I was balling three women, Mom, Hannah and Vera. How many thirteen-year-olds can say that? I didn't say. EveryFriday we would go off to do the weekly shop and on Mondays andWednesdays Helen would take me to our tennis club, not to actually play,she was too considerate to overtly make social contact with the coachwhile I was there, but to use the attached gymnasium. On Friday andSaturday evenings she would go out. I knew what she was doing buttrained my mind to think what I would have done under the circumstancesif the situation was reversed.I found that I was sleeping for extended lengths of time. Unmaiyil indru en sunniyil eer pata sugam pondru endrum eer patathu kidaiyaathu.Naan adutha naal avalin veetin vaasalil nindru kondu irunthen appozhuthu aunty veliyil vanthu ennai paarthu ule vaa thambi endru sonnal.Naan varava illai aunty endru sonnen, atharku en en veetirku vara maataya endru ketal? “ atharku naan appadi ellam ondrum illai endru solli avalin veetiku sendren. Indru naan kalluriku sela vilai, naan aval veetil sellum pozhuthu angu yarume ilamal irunthathu.Naan aunty veetin ulle. Our dual natures so far seem to complement each other." I'm not sure I understand." Perhaps you will in the morning. It was a problem with my ex-girlfriend, but since we both have our quirks, maybe you'll be more forgiving of my... eccentricities." What do you mean? I've seen nothing really to forgive yet, Charlie." Well, she ended up cheating on me because she said I was too much of a man in the morning and too little of a man at night. You might have noticed that I'm not exactly passionate.