“How can a place remain unchanged for decades? Progress bypasses certain lethargic mindsets and places.”
“What makes you say that, Uncle John? The eatery at the corner has just sprung up.”
“The yellow-and-black number plates on cabs, the style of parking with two wheels on the sidewalk, and people rushing towards the railway station in distant view – nothing has changed.”
“Would you like to cast a glance at those dingy rooms on the second floor?’
Silence!
How does his nephew know of the flesh trade that happened there? Uncle John hoped his life history was not being replicated.
Reena Saxena 
Maybe Uncle John was trafficked?
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Good one 😃😃
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Deep. Great Story. Happy Thanksgiving!
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Wishing you the same… Thanks!
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It was going so well, until that moment of realisation.
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Thanks 😃
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Ah, the secrets that a street holds, where nothing changes. So true.
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Thank you, James!
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How does he know indeed?
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That’s a mystery to be resolved 😃
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Well told. A family without regrets is a delusion.
And how about those upper rooms?
Right across from a church, no less. 🙂
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Thanks 😃😃
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You’re welcome, Reena.
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Maybe the nephew will expose the family’s dirty secrets so what goes on in those dingy rooms is stopped.
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all is well that ends well 🙂
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Interesting that Uncle John feels shame, rather than boasting to his nephew about his participation in the flesh trade.
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Thank you, Penny! 🙂
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Hmm darkness hides behind the quiet facade. Nice one.
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Thank you, Mason!
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The more things change, the more they remain the same.
The nephew knows or doesn’t?
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A question to be answered by the nephew 😃
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Haha, I wonder if the nephew is guilty or just playing on Uncle’s guilt to stop the rant!
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Anything to stop rants 😃😃 but he has discovered secrets for sure
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If that flesh trade’s still there, there really was no progress.
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Future generations falling in the same mould also means no progress.
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It is true that the past can tend to resurface, although I hope in this case it does not
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Hope is always positive.
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That was a good take…yes…the old days were worse…
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Thank you, Ain!
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time and place
inner angst
space
is it the same
what is in the name!?
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Sounds like Uncle John’s fears are justified
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It may be the nephew’s way of stopping the tirade 😃
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Reblogged this on OPENED HERE >> https:/BOOKS.ESLARN-NET.DE.
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