There was nothing else on but the news.What interested Charles the most about these news reports was the manner that they were being reported in. The ...eporters, both famous and local, did their jobs professionally. They all stood by and watched as bodies were pulled from the wreckage of burnt out vehicles and they droned on about the event. They interviewed people about what had happened and the people droned on about what had happened. They interviewed the police and the government and these. Philip looks at Ilene, and he is mesmerized by how beautiful she is. During these last weeks, he almost forgot how attractive she is. She's really beautiful. Her pale skin, her long, straight, black hair, her light freckles, her graceful skinniness, her dark eyes...Philip kisses Ilene, slowly, on the lips.Ilene kisses him back, and smiles at him."You are the most beautiful girl in the world, Ilene. I love you."Ilene's eyes seem to water down with those words. This day couldn't be any more. You could have asked Morgan to take you with him. His house has a bath, probably better than this one." I couldn't do that. I'd be a souvenir, a trinket he picked up in his travels." He'd buy you pretty gowns, good wine, food that someone else cooks." I'd still be his property. No. I'd rather stay with you. You rescued me and saved my life." She looked at him with a level gaze. "I'm serious; you saved my life." No one was going to kill you." Not deliberately. They never let me in the kitchen. Yes, she thought, he and Randy even look a bit alike. It could work, if only she could convince him to be the sperm donor. There was a clinic in Lewisburg where she could be impregnated. She stared at the picture realizing that even his photo still had a magnetic effect on her.She laid the picture aside and chastised herself for entertaining such a ridiculous fantasy. Of course he would say no. Why should he want to father her child? Why would he want to engage in such an elaborate deception?.