The sun shone brightly and the continuous chatter of the passenger has stopped. Nimalsiri thought may be after the morning lecture the lecturer must be feeling tired. Tt is a 3 hour speech at a leading Colombo school. He is with Nihal Perera as he takes him to different forums almost every week. He is happy working for Nihal. The International Non-Governmental Organization pays him a good salary. They never treated him like a driver. They all are a strong knotted family. It is not usual for Nihal Sir to sleep for such a long time thought Nimalsiri. He badly needed a cup of tea after around 2 hour ride. He stopped the vehicle at a village Kopi Kade. Nihal was happy to have a simmering hot tea. Although he usually liked a the sweet Sri Lankan food made out of coconut, kithul treacle and kurakkan floor (helape); today he is not in a mood as he felt feverish. Before going to the Rest House, as the house of the principle of the school was on the way, they both ...