‘Is that it?’ ‘Yes.’ I was defiant in the face of her sarcasm. ‘You’re everything.’ ‘Listen to you saying all of those sweet things.�... She raised an eyebrow at me as she twisted around, the first slivers of dawn slicing across her face, an insult, a reminder that soon I would have to leave this bed and the woman in it for the slow grind of real life. I sighed heavily, switching positions so that I could lay against her chest, her soft woman-ness against me. ‘All part of the service.’ I kissed. Then her chest stopped moving, her body wilted like I'd never seen before except in a cartoon.I had no idea where they came from, but tears were streaming down my face, as I leaned over, trying to remember the CPR lessons from last year. I pressed down on her chest; felt nothing, no pulse. No lift of her chest. I pressed down, again, hard. Again. Harder, frantic. I leaned down, breathing into her. More chest presses; breath, press, breath, press.The only thing in my universe was Elizabeth,. It made me feel good that you’d do that.”“No young lady should have that happen to her,” I said. “I hope you’re doing OK.”“I’m OK,” Regina said with a sigh. “I wasn’t ... undressed. I had on my panties so he didn’t really touch me there. It’s just ... demeaning ... to be treated like that.”“I know and I’m sorry it happened,” I said. “Somebody should have been watching out for you.”“They do,” Regina said. “It was just a bad situation back there. He wasn’t supposed to be in there but he just .... .. I ... I went ... what’s that cute American slang phrase ... I went ballistic. How could it have happened I asked God in heaven. Was I being punished for my past sins?”“Why did you let it continue then?”“Kathryn threaten to take her own life if I interfered. I did and she tried with an overdose of sleeping pills.”“Why didn’t you tell her that we were related.”“I couldn’t, well wouldn’t, my pride would not allow it, and then her own mother, Emeraude, interfered and sided with Kathryn about the.