I happen to think you’re very handsome and that’s all that matters to me. I don’t care what anyone else thinks either, you got that?’ I began ...o laugh, making her ask, ‘What?’ I smiled, ‘Has anyone ever told you that you’re even more beautiful when you’re mad?’ She began giggling delightfully and said, ‘Oh, you, has anyone ever told you that you’re a silly boy?’ ‘Not lately,’ I replied, ‘Let’s talk about that after we’re done eating!’ The waitress had just finished taking our order when, two. The look of horror on Jake’s face hurt worse than the bullets in her belly. ‘This would be a good time to faint!’ she decided, and collapsed onto the bed, unconscious, unwilling to endure any more agony.Tanya rushed over to the bed and turned Béla over, exposing her ripped-up stomach. “Oh my God!” Tanya cried, “Her guts are hanging out! Help me, Frank!”Frank was untying Jake. He looked up. “She’ll be alright in a little while, Tanya,” Frank said, trying to soothe her. “She can’t die.”“Yes,”. I only left you alone for twenty seconds.’ Miranda looked at me as I got off the bed. ‘Is she always like that?’ ‘Naw. Sometimes, she’s worse. And she won’t give us a moment’s peace till she’s been fed.’ ‘Kay.’ Hand in hand, we went to our first dinner together. *********** ‘Ok, now I don’t want more people to come out of that room, than as go in.’ ‘Thanks, Beth. We love you, too,’ I called back down the hallway. I stopped in front of my door, and unlocked it. Allowing Miranda to enter first,. He said, “I’m sorry, Jimmy, but as tired as I am and with almost a four-hour drive ahead of us to Montgomery, we need to sleep here in the truck for the night and get an early start back in the morning. Let’s go to the truck and get our toiletries and a change of clothes, and we can cleanup here in the truck stop.That felt strange for me taking a shower in truck stop, but they have individual stalls, and I didn’t feel like I was exposed to any of the men. It was almost 10:00 pm when we got back.