"Would you like to go somewhere?" I asked lamely."Now?" she replied."Well..." No. Oh its not you James, it's... all those people watching us."I wonder...d had she gone shy all of a sudden? After all, she made more moves on me than I had on her. Then things became clearer.She blushed, and said, "You're going to think I'm crazy." No, no." I said quickly."Well... perhaps you can help." It would be my pleasure."Her blush turned even deeper, almost matching her hair."Oh, you... stop that!" I haven't. I no longer have those things;I am cut off from my past, and cut off from any hope of myself becominga father. You may as well address me hereafter as Dorothea, for I havereplaced your doll, and become her in all respects."Tears sprang into the girl's eyes. "But you are my sole friend! Whatwill become then of my brave champion, my noble companion?"Dorothea smiled gently. "Your Dorothea shall be as brave and noble asshe may, dear Dot. She will be whatever she can be for your sake, as shealready. . she is my girlfriend, so I mean, I would think of her that way."They're going to kill me and it's going to be messy."Well, it's what she wants and if it's what you also want, then, knowing that the two of you are going to be alone most afternoons, we're pretty sure that, sooner or later, you two are going to have sex." Well, I mean ... um..." So, we want to have you two begin having sex tonight."I know it isn't a dream. I know I am sitting in their living room. I know Anna is sitting across. Sabiyya's family had been busy too. Nasreen, one of her younger sisters, was finishing an educational course that ran for the first few weeks of June. Asmaa - Nasreen's fraternal twin and technically the youngest sister - would be coming home from Sweden within a week. Sabiyya's mother, Masroora, spent the day at work as a medical transcriptionist.With an exasperated sigh, Sabiyya rose from her bed and examined her shelf. Perhaps it held something to inspire her.There were family photos,.