SHEPARD TONE FINAL

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[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_534cda1a573e47efb265f9244d34dd18~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_864,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/2%20(1).webp">->he]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_014f11e9d2064fba9be92d5716af0bfe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_758,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/The%20November%20letter_page-0001.webp">->halm]]

10:39 pm, Sunday. November [[1989]] I will try not to be loud but distinct with my little words. I was trying to look for a perfect time to do this, but I did not [[manage]] to.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_fe768e621008479d90edb82349c68411~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_989,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/huh_page-0001.webp">->jam]]

I don’t mind doing this again and again as now this is the only mode of [[communication.]]

It is late at night, with no electricity. This reminds me that you left your torch behind. I have took off the batteries and kept it in my trunk. The torch is [[safe]] that way.

All of us are fine here. It is cold as usual and affects us a bit, but there is nothing to worry about. I won’t lie, the weather is colder than the previous year, way colder than your place. Walking in the morning has become a problem and doesn’t help my [[legs.]]

I hope you are doing [[fine.]]

Today in the morning, while having my usual blacktea our mother said that the tea has no sugar, the way you have it. She did what she is good at. She keeps mentioning you in every possible way leaving the kids [[confused.]]

She thinks that we don’t understand it. And I pretend that I don’t. She seldom mentions you directly and stopped calling me by my name. I don’t know if it is deliberately done by her or is it [[age.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ae9030b9ecab4c07831c67c9ac549527~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_940,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/8.webp">->gum]]

I don’t mention you in public, I cannot and you know [[why]]. Our friends still talk about you while playing cards whenever they come to our shop. What happened that [[day]] is something I am disappointed with.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_a68ee0eeaa614a58814f78d3d8ea7503~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/a%20fabric%20store_page-0001.webp">->gum]]

Hope your head is at work and you are [[eating]] well.

It was not in our hands, but yours. I am not blaming you. It is just that our kids could have had a better life. Where did your conscience go that day, the previous day? is what I ask [[ myself.]]

I never complain [[as you know]].

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_10fb04bcec7347d09141a2125b7dd070~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_886,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/5%20(1).webp">->apple]]

Do you still wear white on weekdays? I have started doing that and it is not easy. I mean work and white together are difficult to manage. You carried it better. Last week I wore a white shirt and managed to stain the left [[sleeve]] while working in the godown.

By the time I returned home, the grease stain was permanent. I tried getting rid of the marks with soap-nut and lemon. With great disappointment, I opened the cupboard to keep it with the [[give-away]] clothes.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_b88e9a423d764f6f96431954efb68543~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_415,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/4.webp">->orange]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ee21f064e3a9486c910aaa0cf748f3e8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_438,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/8.webp">->banana]]

Right after opening the door, a toy house dropped on my feet, followed by the toy-train, the one you got on your last visit. The train is in good shape and ready to take [[directions]] on its own.

Like, you said to the kids that no [[track]] owns it.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_366e29e769564ffb8867e4ae6848be0b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_938,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/7.webp">->tulip]]

An hour later, I was sitting in my room and witnessed the clouds taking charge. The room was occupied by tender [[dreams]], therefore, I had to move to yours.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_2b76bff30719472aa90479442a8e693e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_428,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/j.webp">->grass]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_759c45d8cd3145feacf88e60ec90a164~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_423,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/e.webp">->fuss]]

There I found a book on your table underneath the table-cloth; I don’t know who tried hiding it in the most obvious way. Inside the book, there were few photographs that you must have [[clicked]].

They were old enough for me to [[identify the faces]].

I kept the images under the glass pane that you salvaged from the broken [[window.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_2f3ee2bc6b184ac59b39cdd14119c73b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_418,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/Untitled-1.webp">->pass]]

By, then the clouds were all over the [[town]].

I could not sleep, so I went [[out.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_a8a243d7a25c4a4aab61ef80d078824e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_926,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/6.webp">->tree]]

It was around [[5:10]] pm from what I remember.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_dcac16e9c0e9473686ce7ef8705b576c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_425,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/vv.webp">->high]]

I was walking beside the hanging bridge and later took the uphill way towards the [[guest-house]] even after knowing the threat I could come across.

On that road, I felt apprehensive at the sight of a Contessa approaching me. As it was getting closer, I felt like the wheels were [[speeding up.]]

It was impulsive to take that route and I might [[repeat it]].

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_d58b539a1cc94b579244f6508ebbf63a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_475,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/31.webp">->glass]]

I am tired of living that way. It has been over three [[decades]] that we have been living here; it is a strange feeling.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_8a7531ad7c1c4a259b2974654236c7c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_420,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/n.webp">->mask]]

I stood by for a while and then went to the other end of the [[lake]].

On my way, I tried not to look at the [[hill]] on my left though there was no one to reflect a glance.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_b4c57f0e008944eb996c84c20fe6ef06~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_399,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/l.webp">->moon]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_2205dfe0ea53461a8122b2604e8b64e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_420,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/d.webp">->sun]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_07a1b4a0b8824306876bebf7e9661aa9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_466,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/aa.webp">->star]]

This time, on my left, was the botanical garden, the one that shares a [[boundary]] with the guest-house.

Double-click this passage to edit it.

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[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_a49ed80a5b6b4186a78483ab8c9669c0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_420,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/c.webp">->halm]]

It was getting dark yet I entered. As I walking in the hilly garden, the choir of insects was getting louder like a Shepard tone, with every step I took. The score slowly [[disintegrated]] as I was trying to pay attention to the vertical giants.

The humming was back to normal as my eyes climbed down to light a [[cigarette.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_764324377a794ff0b62631b46c5d1c6f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_395,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/24.webp">->up]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_1621a34c69ab4093a6e85e13b9779370~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_518,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/14.webp">->down]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_fedc038127c84ca2b972a48511d6e609~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_734,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/16.webp">->fire]]

I sat there for a while. Then I slipped in my moist-feet in your shoes and started on the slippery grass towards the [[grey]].

Further on my way, I came across the turning, which deviates towards the [[boundary walls]] of the PWD office.

At the end of the road, there were two tiny hovering lights which [[disappeared]] by the time I reached there.

On my left was a bright burning yellow lamp at the top of the DIPR office, which reminded me of the death of the [[five astronauts]], one payload specialist, and a [[schoolteacher]].

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_9f254b189355438683d2b5ccd19dca1e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_420,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/10.webp">->flaw]]

[[Death is a common phenomenon,]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_f5f96a4bfb2c42f8b8aebe63db21a1b5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_505,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/28.webp">->jaw]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_c265f76266954d57a117e119eb2abbf7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_480,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/19.webp">->bump]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_574a481be19d482f87db8e088015eea0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_500,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/7.webp">->schoolteacher]]

[[one moment you think of it and at the other,]]

you just [[forget it.]]

Death often becomes a myth; It seems like it is a [[made-up]] thing.

Everything is fine, even the idea of it but not its [[understanding of time.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_2794c2b5ea2d48ffbd019455b8b15f63~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_420,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/8.webp">->sore]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_3af52d8eaf2c42118200f6ddead726fe~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_565,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/4.webp">->bore]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_3537eee2ff2e46a48c6906206c895dcc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_540,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/6.webp">->tore]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_392dcf308aab4e0b90b27614eaafb3b1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_500,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/9.webp">->lore]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_577ac5dc70e244698cebff02aba8da78~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_496,h_661,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/ZRONGKHAI%20AND%20SONS%202%20imp%20-%20Copy_page-000.webp">->adore]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_2baeea1b281c46b1b28d7d10b7b43be5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_455,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/33.webp">->more]]

All these [[happened]] last week.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_70c8964ac4784e0a8870801486b775b8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_443,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/x.webp">->store]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_e4215fa328dc427396233e5d447d7c45~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_411,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/w.webp">->duck]]

[[Yesterday]], I was thinking again about going to the circuit-house. I went there today.

It isn’t far nor am I lazy. It is just that now it is [[different.]]

Not that I have stopped walking. I walk alone, taking the [[same route]] again and again.

I was trying to adjust the time on my watch while [[walking]].

It was problematic as I had no one to help me fix it. It seemed like it was around five in the evening, but, knowing that [[wasn’t enough.]] Failing to keep a track of calculative time, I felt dizzy.

The desperation of knowing it was eating me every second. The second's hand was working fine from where the [[watch resumed.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_778def0277fc4fb78b80727f0d29ebe6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_400,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/20.webp">->suck]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_d0f3df939e90476fa030901b1861591a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_540,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/35.webp">->luck]]

I never cared to read my watch more than thrice a day, but it being [[dysfunctional]] was suffocating me.

No matter how perfectly time was traveling, it had a problem in its [[inception.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_4c7fdfa07cae460d87e70c64cf35e007~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_429,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/dddd.webp">->tuck]]

Every moment after that distorted the [[real]] for me.

[[I was just moving.]]

Without fail, I started walking with my eyes wide open in searching for somebody or a [[vendor]] hoping to fix it.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_0101be54a8774e3999b1fdd1c7f61fb7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_420,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/11.webp">->truck]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_a95a0fb3c007480d840c35c763e18fb5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_406,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/b.webp">->fuck]]

The shortcuts [[we discovered]], I took one of them. It was not an easy road to take.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_7749580479c34cb09ae97c5c674990f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_456,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/26.webp">->inside]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_d5806eaaa8934db9bd596c73f341f080~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_460,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/30.webp">->offside]]

[[<img src="">->thisside]] I made a [[mistake]] there.

The main road was visible from there behind the [[concrete walls]].

There were two slides and a merry-go-round in there. This place was not a children’s park. I did not move much as it was an [[unknown piece of land]].

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_3898236b172e4c76a0da9fb51b882547~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_419,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/u.webp">->paneer]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_b8602fc5dd3d4f4db1ed81092678172d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_420,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/6.webp">->tikka]]

From there I could see the shimmery sun on the dark water and a house at a distance. Understanding the [[distance between]] the walls, I was sure that this place is not a private park.

I kept walking straight and in a fraction of seconds, I was in a [[thicket]] of pines.

The pines were overwhelming. I wanted to [[go back.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_3eb637d0bcc841cbbe929db4db3fa0e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_403,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/o.webp">->pakka]]

I should have walked back the [[four hundred]] meters.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_e3a0abe15a7745b3b3021a4d6b1a514c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_403,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/jjkk.webp">->tik]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_52df90db35584bc999a065aa59af902f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_410,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/10.webp">->tok]]

I had to reach the circuit house before it [[got dark]]. I had no clue which way I was heading, so, walking fast was my only option.

My scalp was getting brushed by a monstrous flower plant; the sight of it was intimidating. I was still trying to comprehend whose land it was; it seemed like a lost land and I am its [[watchman.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_7273bc4e14f24caf965f3cd7a7dcacc8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_575,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/18.webp">->venus]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ef7b7d899f7345998e00d9a538726840~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_505,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/17.webp">->earth]]

[[<img src="">->mars]] After a while, I arrived at the end of the slope and was confronted by [[large concrete steps.]]

I wanted to go back. It was difficult for me to [[sense fear.]] It seemed easy to go back.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_f3779e2db34f4be7af0450c27aea3da4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_415,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/s.webp">->mercury]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_7083fb65049749ad916f4d644930d65b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_435,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/3.webp">->sunny]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_a83e416b6a7545e39bc21e98307f814b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_423,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/k.webp">->long]]

I was walking on the same plane where I started from and I did not understand how much [[time had passed]].

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ca9fee8b5c874e9aab94352696a7c75b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_504,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/22.webp">->chimp]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_949415f1349c4db290909db3ef6e215e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_480,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/23.webp">->limp]]

I was not bothered anymore about not [[knowing]] the time.

I saw a [[man]] on the way.

He too was heading towards the circuit house, [[a distant company.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_96d1fae2e49840c8b57d315c6433532e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_405,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/t.webp">->car]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_c6acf42691bc4301a1f692328bedf174~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_414,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/q.webp">->bike]]

I remember something from what you once said about the isolated ones. The fact that they are subjected to singularity even in plural circumstances and i f two entities are positively isolated then they are more likely to repel each other when in [[proximity.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_4323365c7d7b4d54b3c20feca1e8e5d4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_410,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/Untit13.webp">->wire]]

There was another man on the next turn. I wanted to [[confirm]] the time.

But, he seemed lost under the [[official jacket.]]

Without bothering him, I entered the lamp-lit gate. I went up the slope, entered the garden, and sat on [[our]] bench.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_073f17185e934149b30f6f355894717a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_435,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/Portfolio%20crops%206.webp">->liar]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_1ae57f22b858453bbbb98ae6f6d502f7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_400,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/m.webp">->hair]]

I sat there for some time. The mountains were not very clear due to the mist and lack of light. The meter-gauge bridge is still there, [[hanging]] between two mountains.

We saw it multiple times. I saw it again today. Back at the circuit house, one thing was eating me constantly. I felt like the way I generally do [[near]] the guest house.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ffc129b92daa48e8bd7cb357d96038b2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_413,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/f.webp">->strength]]

There was nothing to worry but I hesitated to look at the [[yellow window]] panes of that building.

I was not [[alone]] and the idea of it was not helping.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_f0ac5c8f78234a44a0ad495c5d34252a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_260,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/13.webp">->ankit]]

The no-smoking board was [[violated]] again.

It was about time for me to leave the sight of the moving clouds and the [[fading mountains]].

I left from there and took the road adjacent to the lake. The water went black and the [[street-lamps]] were fidgeting on it.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_869d829459644796af355e05d9ed9176~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_413,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/h.webp">->jo]]

[[The car was still behind me.]]

[[I remember the number.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ae0c1324e4a346b2b271bc5e66b13d38~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_418,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/12.webp">->joblesness]]

There is nothing to [[worry about.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ef7b7d899f7345998e00d9a538726840~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_505,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/17.webp">->bunny]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_b3acdfdcc230435fa7909842debab4e2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_500,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/21.webp">->funny]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_c265f76266954d57a117e119eb2abbf7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_480,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/19.webp">->dull]]

[[I think, that is all I had to say for now.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_574a481be19d482f87db8e088015eea0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_500,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/7.webp">->bullier]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_f7ecce0a057147c88af5d6e651947e3d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_480,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/11.webp">->chip]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_1e7d0d7e93664ad594425e5330071138~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_519,h_661,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/ZRONGHAI%20AND%20SONS%201%20imp_page-0001.webp">->chipper]]

I hope you will [[receive it soon.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_28b36f8b7d084a31a0e4c48290ee42cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1029,h_555,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/3333333333_page-0001.webp">->him]]

I am sitting in my room, writing to you about things that you haven’t witnessed in its entirety in the last two years. It is almost twelve in the night and the entire town must have slept by now. It is just me and the new [[neighbour’s dog]] who are up at this hour.

[[I felt nothing.]]

The sun disappeared and it was a different [[blue]] up there.

There were a Contessa and [[a Jeep]] parked behind the bench. They arrived after me and left after I got out of the place.

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_ac5b8e7fbba14e7f966bb2bcf0bf0d70~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_760,h_440,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/1.webp">->dullier]]

[[Your brother.]]

[[<img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/347e6b_eb25fe6009db451fabcbd882bdcc0bea~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_421,h_555,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/i.webp">->tyre]]

I should have walked back the [[two hundred]] meters.

The actual shortcut to the circuit house was now [[visible]].