He could still remember how he had promised to take the kids along with him to see his mother one day while they were still growing up just to stop them from bugging him with questions and it had been quiet all through the years, but it was clear he could not escape it. "Not now, Albert. But some day." He had told his son. "When?" With the defiance in the boy's blue eyes, Carim knew he would not leave until he had gotten his answer, so carim had done the only thing he could think about: Lie! Yes, he had lied to his son, in the presence of his daughter for he had seen her standing by the door with a look of longing and curiosity on her face. "I have been away from home so long. I need to know if it is safe to bring you all with me. That is why I am going alone. You will come visiting

