Just sit with me...” She looks up from where she is sitting on the floor and I nod silently, slipping my jacket off my back, then wrap it around her... shoulders before I join her on the floor and allow her to talk “I tried to follow you when you ran out... I wanted to talk, but Dominic followed us out...” I turn to look into her eyes, but her gaze is locked on the fire in front of us “I told him that I wanted to follow you, that I wanted to take care of my friend, but he changed... He tried to. But Maa putting her both palms on my chest and stopping me said.. ”Paddu.. we are coming from the shopping. See our bodies how dusty and sweaty they are .. go… go and freshen up ‘amma ekkdiki potindira.. neede kada..’ (where does mom goes.. she is yours only) go and be fresh. We will have a fresh session o.k.” she smilingly went into her room.After half an hour of my freshening Maa came in to the room with a steaming mug of Horlicks. “Kanna drink this..” and she handed me the mug. We both had. Consider it similar to the statute of limitations in a criminal case.”“You must mean Dante’s interference with our purchase of Lone Star.”“Basically all of his behavior. You’re asserting claims that should have been brought before.”I shook my head, “Only for the purpose of showing ‘unclean hands’.”“Ah! That’s why you aren’t filing a counter-suit! Yes, of course. He can’t use laches because you’re showing past bad behavior, not making an equitable claim.”“That wasn’t exactly why I wasn’t. Men were going to clinics to get muscle reduction surgery and permanent hair removal, while women stopped shaving their legs and armpits and were taking some steroid treatment to build up their muscles.I was devastated by this. The thought of dressing in girls' clothing made me sick. Of course, the government had no way of forcing us men to do this, but they did their best to spread their propaganda. It seemed that most boys didn't oppose the change as much as I did. Schools and anywhere where.