“I will sleep here Wednesday night. We’ll talk about you staying here then.”I would have to think about my emotions about all that. I felt that ...hings were moving a bit fast but didn’t know how to slow them down nor was I sure I wanted things to slow down. I knew already that Rachel was smart, beautiful, and liked me lots. She had spoken of love. I cared for her much more than “like” but hadn’t yet truly identified my feelings about her. I felt that I would need to move my thinking further. He knew he would never be able to forgive himself for deserting the poor woman, so frightened, so defenseless. Her screams would haunt him to the end of his days. He wondered about her fate.Christine would spend the rest of her life creating babies for the Mabuka. Twenty-five years old when deserted by Renee and Martin, she would die at forty-two giving birth to her third set of twins, her body simply worn out. Through the remaining seventeen years of her life, she would give birth to no less. I forced myself to stay in bed until my regular time even though I had been awake for some time. I got up and went through my normal routine. I had already let my work know that I would not be coming in today.As I stepped out of the shower there she was standing in the bathroom doorway with only her pink nightie on. I could see her nipples were hard and poking into the thin fabric of her nightie. She didn't say anything and just walked over and sat down on the toilet and watched me dry off.. There wasn't much of interest to observe, I had to admit. A packet oftissues. A hair brush. Two condoms. I had to smile at that - Julie wasalways prepared for any eventuality! Keys. A few flat plastic containersI assumed were powders and such. Then, I saw a little black cylinder -lipstick.As soon as I touched the lipstick tube, I felt another shock, similar tothe one before, but even more intense. I now felt as though I was in analmost dreamlike state, as my body began to move without my.