I slowly extracted it, managing not to wake her, and sat up. I looked around while I massaged some circulation back into my arm.The clock on the VCR s...id it was four in the morning. The TV was off. Tina must have turned it off, because I hadn't. I couldn't even remember the end of the second movie.Tina slumbered on, looking peaceful. She'd also pulled a blanket off the bed to cover us, but I knew she was as naked underneath as I was. I tucked the blanket back around her as I slipped out to go. As much as the prospect thrilled George, he knew it would be too much for him. She'd be too much for him. Her passion would incinerate him like a moth in a candle flame. He had to get away.Nicole started to undress him, first peeling off his jumper and vest from his unresisting body. As she moved down to his trousers George felt flickers of life return to his limbs. The paralysis, or strange state of blissful enervation, was wearing off. He rolled over and kicked out blindly as Nicole tugged at. It was a full time job just to figure out that labyrinth of paperwork and qualification logic.There were only two blacks on the twelve seated jurors and he thought for a moment that might be a bit discriminatory, but then he realized that was probably proportionate to the population in the state which was similar to the national average of black demographics. The absence of Hispanics was due to them not being able to get driver’s licenses without birth certificates and the computer didn’t have. We ordered food and sat ourselves down in a quiet corner, shielded from prying eyes and ears.We looked at each other for a moment that felt like an hour. Then she spoke. “Caleb, I’m very sorry about yesterday. No, don’t say anything, I think I simply had to let out my feelings. You were quite right, what I did was far worse than you not calling out to me. There’s no comparison really. Will you forgive me?”I nodded. “I over-reacted as well. We wasted an evening. Where do you want to start?”“I.