. സ്വന്തം എന്ന സംരക്ഷണം നോക്കിയതാ പാവത്തിന്റെ തെറ്റ്… അ�...��്ങനങ്ങ് പിനങ്ങതെടോ കാരിയം പറഞ്ഞതല്ലേ.. തന്റെ അമ്മാമ്മക്ക് ഇന്ന് കളിച്ചു പൂസാക്കി കൊടുക്കണം അത്രെല്ലേ ഉള്ളു സമ്മധിചിരിക്കുന്നു..വൈകും വരെ അമ്മച്ചിടെ വാചകം അടി സഹിച്ചു, എന്നാലും ആ വടിവ് ഒത്ത അംഗ ലാവണ്യ ചലനങ്ങള് കണ്ണിനും മനസിനും കുളിര്മ്മയെകി.. എതോ കാന്ത ശക്തി ആകര്ഷിക്കുന്ന പോലെ.. സംസാരത്തിന് ഇടയിലും അമ്മച്ചി തന്റെ നോട്ടവും നീക്കവും ശ്രദിച്ചു അറിയാത്ത രീതിയില് നടിച്ചു കോണ്ടേ ഇരുന്നു. വീണ്ടും സംസാരം ജിജിടെ ദയനീയ അവസ്ഥയെ കുറിച്ച തന്നെ. Sarah, Carmelita, and I went--them with bubbling enthusiasm, me with trepidation (what did I know about women's clothes?). Of course, I had to approve of the dress, so they showed me picture after picture after picture after picture until it all became a blur. I really couldn't see much difference among the dresses which they all insisted were quite different. Finally, I broke down and said, "You pick the dress. They all look good to me. The only thing I insist on is that due attention be paid. Using the keen night vision afforded his race, it was just before dawn when he snuck out of the lavish quarters provided to the diplomats. Slowly and quietly, as befit his ancestors, Fang slipped out onto the side of the wall. He was only three stories above the ground. His claws dug deeply into side of the building as he went down. He was not worried about leaving this evidence behind. Once he completed the task, he knew that his clan would demand his safe return, or else there would be all. I never did! Even with my mother being such a dictator I was completely independent at age thirteen and he knew that, all I needed was money. Soon after he started spoiling me in every way possible and I was pretty sure what his intentions were. So, I was rushing to find that fucking rich husband. But it is never that bad, is it?One day, when I was coming home after school, I just came across a drunken Alan fallen by the pool. Passed out with a bottle of bourbon in a hand and an open cellphone.