Those were his normal,everyday clothes. It was boys' clothes and flat sneakers that were thecostume, but he'd worn that costume all his life.Heather r...trieved her own (modest, one-piece) swimsuit, drove them to thepool, and was pleased to see that her daughter's mood had improved. Herown thoughts were a bit of a mess, work had been worse than she'dthought, and they got messier when she realized that her children hadmemberships to the Y that she didn't even know about. Susie, it was allSusie,. “It’s the red...”“I KNOW. It just won’t ... bloody...”“It won’t slide unless...”“I DID THAT. It’s like a fucking Rubik’s Cube, isn’t it? Look, let’s move out of the way a bit more, there may be another...”“Martin, you need to fold in the wheel or it won’t...”“YES THANK YOU KATE, I CAN MANAGE.”That’s when we heard the explosion.We were quite a long way away, so it wasn’t all that loud. And I can’t say there was much of a pressure wave either, because the fucker who detonated himself did so in. What the hell is she doing, he thought, the boy needs his rest. She needed to let go! Groggily he reflected that being away from his mother would be good for the boy, help him to mature, become a man!He was dozing back off when he thought he heard a groan. Henry sat up on one elbow and tried to peer through the darkness. Lightning flashed followed by the roll of thunder. Henry saw the clear outline of Jamie kneeling over their son. What the hell was she doing?In the darkness, he heard another. Naan en nanban veetil bike vitu vitu nadanthu aunty kadaiku senren, aval veedum kadaiyum ondraga thaan irukum. Aunty ennai parthu sikiram ullle vaa endru ennai azhaithaal, ulle senrathum kathavai thapal potu vital. Aunty nightyil irunthaal, iru mulaiyum perithaaga pazhuthu irunthathu, aunty ennai katti pidithaal.Naanum auntyai kati pidithen, aval meethu vasanaiyaaga irunthathu. Iru mulaiyum en maarbil pattu azhunthiyathu. Naan kaiyai aval soothu meethu vaithu kati pidithen, en sunni aval.