"Happy birthday!" "Cut the noise, please! Some decent people are trying to sleep here!" Someone chuckled and she sounded Ma. "Gauri! Wake up!" "Maybe we should let her sleep" "Come on Aunty it's her Birthday!" I turn and cover my head with the pillow. "Let me sleep!" And my pillow was snatched. "Seriously! What part of 'I am trying to get some sleep' you don't get?" I got up completely annoyed out of my mind. My vision was foggy as much as was my brain, I yawned and before my thoughts could navigate through the fog someone opens the curtains and sunlight pierced my eyes. "God! Will someone shut that down!" I covered my eyes My eyes adjusted to the light, Ma and Vrinda were standing in front of me but there was something in their expression they were standing there slacked jaw a

