” ____________________ Downstairs, Janie was locking every one of the remaining locks. As soon as the last one was latched she leaned her head again...t the door and exhaled slowly. Her hands were trembling. Someone was coming down the stairs.“Janie,” Bella’s voice said from behind the bookcase.“I’m here,“ Janie said quietly. She started walking just as Bella rounded the bookcase and came into the room. She saw Janie and ran the last ten feet, wrapping her arms around the slender brunette.“You. Mere family , mama, mami, unka beta , do beti aur do jiju aur unke bachhe. Sab log hamare ghar aa gaye. Aur fresh ho kar khana bana khake sab so gaye. Mein raat bhar so gaya tha isiliye mujhe nind nahi aayi.Phir saam ko sab uthe, nasta kiya aur baat chit karne lage. Hamare ghar ke saamne hi ek aur ghar mein shaadi ho rahi thi, toh sab log unki shaadi dekhne keliye terrace pe chale gaye. Hamare terrace pe andhera tha. Aur mein ja kar meri maa aur mami ke beach mein khada ho gaya. Ghar ke sab log. Molte sere, dopo che siamo andati a dormire, la sento che si tocca. A volte la sento ansimare, non ho mai pensato che lo facesse apposta perché la sentissi.Una volta ho visto che si portava nel letto un grosso pennarello.La capisco non ha un ragazzo, ha pochi amici, e alla sua età si ha voglia di sfogarsi tutti i giorni.Nella nostra camera filtra sempre, durante la notte, un po di luce. Arriva dal lampione nella strada di fronte.Erano due sere consecutive che dopo trenta minuti che eravamo. And windy. I was thankful to make it to the top of a long climb and see the descent before me. In spite of a headwind, I let it rip down the slope and picked up speed steadily. I had a little clicker odometer on the front fork that turned a notch each time the wheel did. I was going fast enough that it caught and flew off the bike. I wasn’t going to slow up to retrieve it. It was like flying.There was still a lot of hill to go when the bike started to seize up. It was getting harder and harder.