I could see Shannon sitting reading a book on the sofa. There was no sign of Allison, but it didn't take long to find her. Shannon must have heard me ...oming because she turned and put her finger to her lips indicating that I should be quiet. I soon discovered why. Allison was stretched out on the couch under a light blanket, her head pillowed in Shannon's lap. She looked very peaceful. You had to look close to see the tear tracks. I leaned over to kiss Shannon good morning. I saw an empty cup. Ricky met them on his lunch break. There wasn?t a cafeteria or even abreak room for the crew. Instead, there was a silver truck out front,selling hot and cold sandwiches and snacks.?Want anything from the roach coach,? he asked them.Esme turned a little pale at the term. Jay smiled, ?it?s just a phrase.Right, Ricky,? he said, giving him an exaggerated wink.Ricky smiled, ?yeah, just a phrase.?Esme smiled, ?Arseholes.?Jay bought them three ham and cheese sandwiches and bags of potato chips,and. Maine lapak k uski choot ke hotho par apne hoth rakh diye or chatne laga. Vo turant khadi hui or boli \”ye kya kr rhe ho bhai, itni gandi jagah par muh laga rahe ho\” maine use jawab diya\” are pagli, log aise hi karte h…..Tu aram se let or maze kar\”. Aisa kehke maine fir use lita diya or choot chaatne lag gaya. Vo bahut uttejit ho rahi thi or badsheet ko kas ke jakda hua tha…Thodi der baad usne kaha….Bhai, mujhe kuch ho raha h…….Aisa lagta h m mar jaungi…..Bbhai…….Aaaaaaaaahhhhh. Everyone knew his test scores in languages including this officious buffoon, because his father could not bear to hold back his paternal pride. "I am at Master's level in three and proficient in Neo Mandarin, although I haven't taken the Master's level exam yet." Computer languages, apprentice?" the muffled voice called out from behind the data sheets."I can debug all the major codes, Master Atto." Yakhir had to force his fists to unclench in his lap; his decoded assignments were already noted.