It has been lashing down for the last few days. It was obvious in the middle of July. There was no way out because of the rain and there was no need for Shamar to go out. Because summer vacation was going on. Shamar was a teacher who lived in Ratnapura with her wife and child named Shamir.

He brought some literature books from the school library to have a good time during summer vacation. The library of the Ratnapura High Secondary School was the only library that existed in that area. He was an English teacher on that school.

The house was not that big. A drawing-room, a bedroom, a different room for the kitchen, and some spaces on the veranda to sit and...