..How terribly clumsily of me!"He barely even hurt my finger and quickly sopped up any excess blood with his monogrammed handkerchief which he deftly ...ulled from his pocket."Oh...my...I must ask you for a thousand pardons..." It was nothing really, Farhard...it was an accident." Please...to make it up to you...We would be weery pleesed and honored to take you to see the Sheik's water wessel." I overheard Haddam say to Lynn as they paid the check."My friend would feel dishonored if he were not. Moving closer to James for the security, Gina closed her eyes and was soon back asleep. When Gina woke again, the sun was coming up, and her bladder was screaming to be relieved. Both James and her were in the spoon position, and his arm was draped over her. She enjoyed the feel of him, but her bladder was screaming louder. Gina eased herself away from James, and moved a little bit away from where they had camped to ease the pain. When she was done, Gina walked to where she could watch the sun. ’ Ashley answered a little pissed off. So I took her hand in mine and she looked down at our joined hands in surprise. I nodded my head to let her know that it was ok and that I trusted and believed in her no matter what her decision was. ‘Ok cousin IF I took her back to her condo who is going to protect her? I would be more than happy to if I was not needed here. And I know that I could trust Marcello but I am going to need him here as well. And of course there is also the fact that she can. Up and around wound the staircase, and at each landing Duain saw the remains of a brief struggle. Some of the guards had been armed; some had not. The cool, indiscriminate manner in which the senator had been turned upon his own people was startling. The prince had once heard his father mention this manner of control, through the use of some drug. He had thought it experimental, still in the testing phases of development. Was this the same tool that would deliver the Consul Hai into his.