Adriana reached for the water and drank half of it in one go. She was glad to have something to eat. She ate the banana and most of the bread. She sav...d the banana peel. With nothing to do but wait, Adriana rested against the wall and thought about life before prison, life at the camp and life as a fugitive. She reckoned they would increase her sentence from ten years to perhaps twenty years. Her life was ruined anyway. She would be unrecognizable to the outside world after her release. There. I figured I would stay with her until the real event kicked off then get away as fast as possible.The rain outside should have told me that wouldn't be the case.I kept my back to the action as I maintained a tight hold on Renee's hand and whispered soothing words to her. I graciously declined when the doctor offered me the opportunity to cut the umbilical cord. But I gladly accepted the bloody bundle that was Renee's daughter after the doctor had let Renee hold the little girl for a minute.Eve. Would you give me an answer by next sunday?"The following sunday at dinner i told her i would stay with her which gotme a smile as she said,"I just knew you would dear, you and i have become very close and i trustyou with my life. I promise you you will not regret it. After dinner weshall celebrate keeping my Lisa. I want you to change into my favoriteevening gown, black patent heels and black patent bag. You will model forme as you do so well, then who knows where my mood will take us>"Well. I certainly didn’t want to put a damper on her attitude and took a positive note in the whole affair. Still, I had a worry in the back of my mind that with the military, you never could be quite certain that everything would fall into place without some sort of difficulty.Her main worry was that her parents upstate might get upset and she asked me to keep silent about her being in a family way and not spill the beans on the phone to her mom or her dad. She told me the first few months she could.