He quizzically looks at me, then a look of recognition."Amazing! .... I thought you were your sister for a second."I'm not sure who was more astonishe...d, but I was still mortified! Holding mybreath, shaking, feeling faint. .Hoping I just poof, disappear."I'm sorry, so .... oh, um..." I blurted out, holding my hands to my face.I was too scared to even cry, speechless, and then wondering where Nicolewas..He must have been able to see the panic, he took me by my shoulders andsaid softly "It's OK,. I was back in a couple of minutes with some aspirin and Pepto in my hand. I went to the cabinet and found a glass. Then the fridge to find some tomato juice. Next, I reached in the spice rack for different things. After mixing the stuff in the glass I turned to Lynn.“Take these aspirin wash them down with this drink. It will help your head and stomach just in case,” I said whispering again.She did what I told her. She had quite the face going on while drinking the mixture. I knew it was not the. I waited for some time. Shehna was not happy either. She had no idea how my mom would react. So I waited for a few days and told my parents about Shehna. They were shocked at first. But my dad, being a civilized and free-thinking man, told me, “It’s your life, son, and it’s your decision. But I want you to be safe and secure.”Mom was hesitant first. But deep down she was sympathetic for Shehna which later turned to an agreement. And they asked me to fix the date. I was super happy. Then the day. It was a very tough journey for ammu and an even tougher one for me with all these emotional and physical tangle with in me.We reached mangalore hospital in the morning, ammu’s mother, sister and her fathers brother were only there and I stayed with them for helping them as her fathers brother was a village person and not that efficient to manage things there alone. I called my house and informed them about every thing and my father called up his friend in mangalore also to come and help us..
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