Chandu ne waha aake dono ko ek chaata mara aur unke kapde fadne laga. Chacha aur dad chahte hue bhi kuch nhi kar paye. Hum teeno ko nanga karke chandu...ne kaha ki kutto ki tarah 4 pair pe chal ke car me baith jao. Usne jaan buj ke car road ki dusri side pe poark ki thi. To hume ghar se nikal ke pura road 4 pairo pe nange hi cross karna tha aur din ka time tha to kaafi saare log dekh rahe the. Hum jaldi se aake car me baith gye aur 1 month ke liye nikal pade.Pehle 10 din chandu ne hum teeno ko. I had been 18 for about a month. I was so excited, this was my year to rule the school. I wore a sexy skirt and tight top on my first day. I left my long dark hair down, falling almost to my waist. The day went great untill my last period class. Calculus!! Sooo boring. I was passing notes, and generally cutting up, when my teacher Mr. Denton said, "Delilah, bring that note up here right now!"My face blushed fiery red. The note was about him. I refused to bring it up.When he kept demanding it, I. Umoja distributed the vinyl mats that he bought for fifty cents apiece when the local camping supplier went out of business last spring. The purchase had gutted the shelter’s meager bank account, but it was worth it to have something to pad the cold, hard floor. Imani read the children a bedtime story in a small, adjacent room where they’d sleep. It was just slightly warmer inside, and Ujima had painted nursery rhyme characters on the walls for a homey touch. The kids, having so little. ”“So have you,” I said.The first test was getting past Grandma, who was sitting in the living room, watching “Jeopardy!” I tried to cover up till we got outside, but of course, the first thing she said was, “Well, pull the cape back and let me see.”Uncle Teddy, who was behind me, reached around and held it open it like a curtain.“Ecce vampira,” he said.My knees almost gave out. I mean, I like showing off, but this was my fucking grandmother, for God’s sake. If she caught on I was naked, she.