.. set adrift in unbounded spaces, floating like a gas-filled balloon among luminous spheres that pulsed with the heartbeat of the cosmos. He perceive...d them as higher entities of near-infinite power and wisdom. That was where he truly belonged -- in the realm of the spirit.Escape. The thought had obsessed him for all the years of his childhood. Through long, hard winters of being a misfit, of taunting and torture by playmates and acquaintances. Through endless years of being misunderstood by. " Charlotte ran her fingers awkwardly through a tangle of her dark knotted, messy hair, looking uncomfortably anxious and hesitant again, which delighted Emily to no end. "Um, since I ditched school the past few days ... and since I missed the cheerleading tryouts, and I'm ... I'm not on the squad ... anymore ... everyone in school's going to want to know where I was." Charlotte barely managed to choke out the part about losing her place on the cheerleading team, which again made Emily quite. Hannah and Crystal accepted they weren't at the top of the pile, but they wanted to be treated like it. They didn't need to be my absolute favorites as long as I ... I didn't fucking get it! I wondered how guys who couldn't read minds ever dealt with women without going crazy.At least, the mistresses were a little easier to manage since they saw themselves as the 'other women' in my life.Mary opened the apartment door."Honeys, I'm home," she yelled, closing the door behind me."We're in here!"I. “Yes… Aunt.” Ashim asked nervously. He could not figure out the purpose of her visit at this time of night; neither did he notice the apparent nakedness of his horny aunt.“I… I…” she mumbled, trying to cook an appropriate excuse. “There’s a lizard on my bed.”She drew her courage and slowly slipped into his room, right under the lights.He looked at her, little puzzled, not able to comprehend what she wanted from him.“Please take it off it from my bed. I’m very afraid of these creatures… I… Can’t.