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.....you are extremely  simple  she said standing up,you sit there drinking your beer and someone  fools you with his smooth talk believing every word he said 

Did you tell your parents you are here 

No, she walked towards the door  saying  if he had an extra brain then also he would be so foolish 

That night  Eric  dreamt of different faces  , of them all who visit  uncle Sam s bar regularly,  Vera pointing her finger before scolding  , his  eighth class teacher  emerged in his dream  and the bar turned to his class room,  he was singing  with the chorus,  the object that goes up also comes down,  the classroom was housefull with each desk occupied,  everyone was different in structure and gender but they all had Catherine's face,  the first ray of sunlight  woke him up, he began believing it sge was hit by his bullet 

He ate his breakfast before leaving for the hospital,  there he kept on strolling around as he was  one of them, he went to the snack bar for a while,  he bought a soda and biscuits  for himself,  he observed people  , he saw the woman  whom he had seen giving an interview on the television , she was  aunt of the girl,  Eric started following her, the aunt sat down with others in the waiting room,  Eric  took position right across her, , he picked up a magazine  and  pretended reading it, , his etes were fixed on tbe aunt  who  sat beside another woman,  both  their faces resembled each other,  Eric  surmised  tge other woman must be Catherine's mother