We brought all the clothes back but I requested her that we stay on terrace. She agreed. It was a very light drizzle and sun was about set and we were...facing twilight. It grew darker and we were under the shade when the rain got a bit heavier and we moved a bit closer and our arms were touching each other’s. There was a sound of fluttering wings probably from bird on the nearest tree. My mother-in-law moved closer and held my hand and clasped her fingers tightly. I was surprised but reacted. I. Akta onno rokom valo laga. Bara totokkhone chuse khara kore felechhe kuntola. Shiprar kotha sune or sahosh barlo. Bollo koi tomal da, amar pachhay o angul dhukao to tel diye? Dekhi kamon lage?Bole se o shiprar pashe jeye ak e vabe pachha uchu kore dilo. Advut drisso, 2 2to juboti meye amar samne pachha uchu kore rekhechhe futo te tel makhabe bole. Ami shiprar moto kuntolar pachhay o tel makhano angul dhukiye dilam. 2 haat e 2jon er pachhay angli korchhi. 2jon e shukhe uh ah oh korchhe.Kuntola. I didn't know what was the matter with me, but some one else did — my father. He and I really didn't get along and as far as I was concerned it was all his fault. He had come home from War Two, stayed with my mom and me for about two months and then he split. One day he left for work and never came home. Six months later he was back. He and my mom disappeared into their bedroom and I heard them talking most of the night and in the morning it seemed as if she had forgiven him, but I never did.I. "Mink," Tammy called sweetly. "Time to wake up. Come on, cutie."Why was she talking to him that way, Mick wondered. And what was thatshe was calling him? He got groggily to his feet and allowed her towalk him to the side of the room, where she stopped him in front of hercloset. Then she opened the door so that the full-length mirror mountedon its inside was directly in front of him. Mick gaped at the image hewas confronted with, not comprehending. Before him was a nude, smooth-skinned,.