"It's beautiful," she said."It'll automatically adjust when you put it on, so it won't slip off all the time." He shrugged uncomfortably.Renee slipped...her hand through and the circlet tightened like a noose.A very pretty noose."Thank you," she said. "I ... I'm sorry, I don't have anything I can give you." Actually, there's something." said Sawyer; he either didn't see or ignored the suspicion that clouded her features. "I want to talk. Not like we have been- I want an actual conversation. Every. It was pretty late and had been dark for a while, so there wasn't really much to see.After talking a few minutes, we sat, and then after a few more minutes we were lying down looking up at the stars. Holding hands, then cuddling each other closely, it was a little physically uncomfortable lying directly on the hard wooden planks, but the setting was nice. Alain was getting a little handsy, caressing my inner thigh and shoulder and hair, and touching one of my breasts, obviously intentionally. " Jesse hung his head between his knees, "You remember I told you about the man who ... attacked me?"The memory of the conversation flashed like a knife in my inner vision."Well, you look a bit like him. I mean you don't, he was older, and ... but he had the same colour skin, the dark hair. And I my dreams, he has your face." Jesse sniffed, I knew he was crying, "I want you so much it hurts and at the same time I'm terrified of you. And your, y'know wonderful and everything, and I'm just. I think I can get you in as my guest. Would you like that?”“I’ve never eaten in a dining car. I’ve only seen that in movies,” Zane said.“Well,” Steele said smiling, “this isn’t the Orient Express. Don’t expect too much.”Steele had consistently tipped the conductors well. The current one had joined the crew in Portland. Steele went to find him and tipped him again to gain his wish.Dinner was pleasant with the good company making up for any lack in the food. Steele ordered a bottle of wine with.