I really tried. I poured all the love in my heart into that painting, but just looking at her standing there and then looking at the painting, I can s...e how far short I fell. I’m so sorry I couldn’t do better.”Melody’s mother was silent, maybe for the first time since she arrived at the college today. I think that for the first time she actually looked at the painting and she began to see what I was seeing.“It’s just so ... intimate,” she whispered. “It’s so hard to see my daughter grow up and. One rule I have at St Judes is that aclient is never allowed to see or speak to any family or friendsthroughout their stay.The parents of the clients of St Judes always get to choose the futurelife that their former sons will have. Being a maid is the most popularfollowed by being a wet nurse for any children that their sisters mayhave and being a secretary for their parents or siblings business. Justsimply living the life of a female is also popular and many clientsreturn home after their stay. I was cursing my luck that I couldn’t do anything. But luck was in my favor and my patience paid off. My wife, thinking I am a gentleman, asked me to teach her riding with our scooter and I was sure that this will definitely lead to some fun.It was decided that I would teach her driving for few days early in the morning to avoid traffic. On the first day, Just the thought of me sitting behind her and holding her hand while teaching her was giving me a hard on. Spurthi was waiting for me in a. Shadow is heavy in me sometimes. It is done now, for this time.”I tell him I live in shadow too, for Kitik is shadow now and yet I cannot leave him. And I tell the Lone One how our parting comes to be.In a way the telling is good. It is the first time I am able to say my tale to one who listens. In my pod none wish to hear me, and here by the land it is the same until now. But as I speak I am sad once again, and the Lone One makes it more sad when he tells me what I tell myself. “The land is.