She too had done the same.Sunita had then posed mom a question, "Mumma, if Vijay comes to know about us then what." "If we take care I do not think th...at he will come to know. We can also say that ours is lady talk." Mom replied. "But why do you ask? Has he tried to be fresh with you? You want him? Tell me very frankly so that there is nothing hidden between us. But don't tell him about our relationship." Mumma, he is young and if we are prepared, it will make a lot of things easier." Sunita had. .. another chilling thought forced itself upon my mind: was there a skull for each year? Something that had begun a long time ago, and maybe was still going on? Was there another skull due this year? Who would the unlucky victim be who would have to die for it, if he or she had not already died?I stepped deeper into the cave, behind the altar and the idol, where the light from the cave's mouth did not reach. I had not been close to its back wall yet, assuming there even was one and the cave did. On her way into town she bumped into Mrs Taylor who seemed out of sorts. ' hello Mrs Taylor how are you ? and how is Mr Taylor ?' oh she said funny I have seen you my husband seemed eager to see how you have been, I think he will pop in to say hello later if you are in ? 'yes I should be replied Daisy, are you sure your o.k Mrs Taylor, yes just a little worried about Mr Taylor he hasn't been himself for the last couple of days, not to worry, they said goodbye and Daisy walked on. She must. He jumped over the wall, slowly popped his head back up over the wall and covered Banzai as he came next.The whole squad made it without a single shot being fired by the fucking insurgents. It was my turn so I began to run as another aftershock hit. The ground swayed like crazy, parts of the building started to fall around me and I hauled ass. I reached the wall, leapt over it and the squad began to clap and cheer. I looked at them and demanded, "What the hell?"Banzai laughed and said, "Jack,.