'I have to go now. This takes so much energy. I have saved up a long time to break out for you like this. I must go before they notice. Don't forget m.... You are my only hope.' I felt the orange tendrils give me a 'kiss', and then they flowed back out of my mind with Katie's yellow. Except for a tiny bit of orange that remained, encircling a small area of my mind.I returned to Katie as if I had never left. I slipped my finger just inside the waistband of her shorts and slid it slowly from side. When she got attracted I acted as if I was not knowing that she stood on the terrace she started to look into my room I was successful in diverting her gaze towards me slowly I took out my pant and was only in my banian and underwear she seemed interested to know what I was doing and continued to watch towards my window sensing her glaze I took out a bottle of oil from my cupboard I placed the bottle on the window to give her the intention that I was going to apply it but where she did not know. Maybe we’ll even get lucky enough to come across the son of a bitch and destroy it before going home.’ ‘Maybe,’ Mason says. He reaches around Matthews’ waist and pulls her in for a kiss. They kiss for a long moment and when they finally break away she says, ‘Get dressed. From what I figure we’ve got four klicks to the border and another three out of this God forsaken jungle. With your broke ribs and no trouble we may get out by midnight.’ MATTHEWS AND MASON MOVED THROUGH THE dense jungle. ” “No, they don’t know I’m here. I figured that Dad was gone and I was counting on the fact that your mother is still a drunk and I hoped that you would be here at the book store. I figured Dad was still too cheap to hire someone. And just my luck, here you are in the book store all alone.” He gave me a wicked smile. “What time are you suppose to close?” “Well our sign says 9, but I usually wait until about 9:30 when Dad isn’t here. I hate going home. And you are right about Mom. She was passed.