He turned back to give her a stern look.”What?” she asked with a looked of wide-eyed innocence on her face. He shook his head and shrugged. With a... smile she adjusted her seat, rubbing her thighs against his and placed her head on his shoulder.”Let’s go,” she chirped.“I can feel your heartbeat”, Soumya whispered, as she moved her hand across his chest. Caressing his body, she gently planted a kiss on his neck. She was enjoying this. This 10 minute ride, she would cherish it forever. Vikram stops. All of a sudden his face lit up and I knew he had an idea."Let me invite Tom. Then you can parade Melissa in front of Tom and Linda with her collar and her leash, walking a step behind you. Let's see how she will do being watched by my friends."Later in the afternoon Dad came to my room to tell me that they would be here tomorrow evening. Then came the shocker. When Dad told Tom what the occasion was Tom confided that he and Linda had also troubles and that she was simply unmanageable and. I decide to end the pain. Slowly, gingerly testing out the roots of pain and strength within my ash-made body, I stand. My sunken form is no longer human by any stretch of My mind and retains its shape only through my will, which dwindles still. I call the sun. I summon it by its Name. Description is never adequate for this feeling, for it is not a feeling. It is a new state of being, a paradigm unlike any other. I am lifted from the seat of depression and loneliness and given a new gift. Hope.. “Yes, if you could do that,” he agreed.“I guess I’d want to be me again,” I suggested.“I figured you might say that. Most people envy people who are rich or powerful while the are still, you know, alive. You never were like that. So wherever he sends you, it will be the same for you. You’ll just make the best of it. Just for the hell of it, what if your next stop is an animal?”“Does he do that,” I asked.“Sure some people need to be taught a lesson,” the man in black said. “I think they are.