Dinner went better than I would’ve expected.Dad went and watched CNN, as Sean and I helped mom clear the table. We sent mom out, and we washed dishe....“I surprised you, didn’t I?” I said to him.“I really am sorry about how I treated you. I’ve been to counseling. I was really mad at the world, and you were the center of mine back then,” he said to me.“I’ve loved you ... all of my life,” I said back to him.“The other night was the best I have had in at least a year. Move in with me. We can do that. As we had dinner, we didn’t meet eyes, and just ate in silence. The time during dinner seemed as if time had frozen. Finally, I finished dinner and thought it best if I just went to sleep. I took out a blanket and a pillow from the room to sleep on the sofa for tonight since the guest room will be clean by tomorrow.“You’re not planning to sleep here, are you?” asked mom. “It’s ok, mom since it’s only for one day,” said I. But mom was opposed to me sleeping on the couch.“The sofa is not big. Sami pulled my head evercloser to her. She took my hand and placed it over her soft breast and she did the same to me. She eased me out of my top and told me to dothe same to her. We lay together on the sofa kissing deeply andcaressing each other breasts as they lay under our bras.Sami started to move, seizing my hand once more. "Come, Juliette, youneed to be taking off to bed."Entering the bedroom, Sami put her hands at my back and unclasped mybra. "Do the same for me."Our breasts touched,. Sometimes, when she was alone in the museum like this, she thought of the collection as something she could hear. Most of the artifacts were made to be vessels for some ancient god or spirit, after all, so the building should be crawling with the sounds of old ghosts and gods. If she listened carefully enough, would she hear the ancient priests touching the possessions they were buried with or caressing the outlines of their own mummified bodies? Would she hear them ask what became of their.