My friend took the rap and 12 strokes of the cane, but she never told your dad that I was there too. I’ve always felt guilty about it.” “So you... weren’t the angel your report cards said you were then.” “How?” “I took the liberty of looking you up in my dad’s records. He was quite fond of you.” Jennifer blushed at the complement. “I liked him too, he really seemed to care about the pupils. I’d have been so ashamed if I’d been caught.” “Well, it’s never too late to atone for your sins.”. Maine bhi aunty ke gallon ki pappiyan khayeen aur unse chipatkar so gaya. Subah main jab so kar ootha to dekha aunty mujhe chay ke liye bol rahi thi. Unke chehre par shararat bhari muskaan thi, mujhe raat wali baat yaad aye lekin yakin nahi ho raha tha, isiliye maine apne ko chutki kaat kar dekha tab mujhe pata chala ki maine raat such me kila fateh kar liya tha. Aunty mujhe chai dekar chali gayee. Main chai peete-peete raat wali baton me khoya raha. 10 baje barat jaani thi isiliya main nahane. Suddenly a light went on, so harsh it nearly blinded Amy. She rapidly blinked to clear her vision and scanned the room hastily. She first saw that she was on a bed with black sheets, which gave her hope that she might be able to escape by gouging out the material, if she could get enough movement going. At some point, apparently, two huge steel barriers had come down from the ceiling, enclosing her in a space no more than twenty feet wide and fifteen feet long. The violet-haired nurse, Ino, had. For the first time, I saw her wearing a loose skirt and a flowery button-up. We didn’t get much done in the way of her learning English. Neither of us cared about doing a lesson, as it was just the reason to meet, and now we had to pretend this was dreadful for a while before we decided to leave and get food. “Ugh—so hard,” she said many times. I didn’t miss the opportunity to entertain myself. “Yes, so hard,” I would say. “Me too. It’s so hard for me too.” She didn’t get the joke, at all. Ten.