Shit, the place was a mess. Washing-up piled in the sink was the major problem. And Miriam was not one to tolerate mess. The ‘little floozies’ wer...e easier to deal with as there weren’t any. That was just a running joke between us whenever either of us was away. She claimed that I spent all the time dragging innocent young girls back to the flat and having my evil way with them. One thing that wasn’t a joke was the state of me. I realised I was still wearing the same clothes from the night. Her position isolated her many of her citizens and it was so rare anyone visited her, only Atreyu came occasionally, but those visits where always short as he had to return to his people.She thought back on when she had first encountered the boy, he was shy and timid, afraid to really dream. When he overcame that he named her. Moon Child, it was such a beautiful name, she was proud to carry it. Others would still call her Empress, but she would always love it when he called her by her true. Amma avan pool lam pakala but avana asinga asingama thitunanga. Avan kandukave ila rendu kalayum nala agathi pudichi en amma mela paduthu avan poolah koothi monaila vechan. En amma mela avan paduthathunala ammavala elunthuka mudiyama avan muthukula patu patunu adichite irunthanga. Itha pathu ennaku sema mood ayidichi, na janal kita ninu alugaratha niruthitu silent ah pathutu irunthen.Avan amma koothi monaila vechi iruntha poolah ore sorugula ula erakitan.En amma apadiye silentah ayitanga avanga. He had even met a couple of girls who had said that they were students, so the rumours were true. Lisa looked surprised at this revelation. Ron said she shouldn't be surprised. His wife, Elaine, had died sevenyears ago, and despite what young people often thought, men his age still had the urge for sex. Ron said, with a little laugh, that he would love to be her sugar daddy, but probably wasn't rich enough, and she probably wouldn't want someone as old as him anyway. Lisa said that age didn't.