”“Yes, sir,” I answered.We spent the rest of the day enjoying the beauty and wonder of the remote Central American countryside. I loved the new ...dventures. The greater the risk, the greater the pleasure. After lunch, Cliff took me to breathtaking waterslides that descended the entire length of a local mountain using natural waterfalls. The waterfalls led us to some cliff diving and hikes. We were soaked, mostly from sweat hiking in the thick humidity. We ended the day at the beach in front of. I called Saro into the kitchen and asked her to set up the dining table fast. She seemed a bit angry as I may have disturbed them talking, but didn’t show it on her face. “You were right Samir John is a nice guy and he’s so funny!”I dint think he was funny and although i fantasized about my wife with other men.John was not one of them. He was an animal who treated women like whores and I didn’t want my lovely wife to be treated like that. “Don’t get too friendly with John “i said rather. The river did.We found a spot, sat on the levee for a while.“It’s rather magical, you know,” Lena said. “That water there flows from the northern heart of the country all the way into the Gulf. You can get out there on it and go right out into the world.”“Yeah.”“Just like me, Jay. I got on the highway this morning and I’m going right out into the world.”“You are.”“Lots of people live their whole lives never living more than fifty miles from where they were born.”“Not as common as it used to be,. "Hey," she said quietly, in a tone of voice that stopped me. I looked at her and she actually looked worried. I cleared a lump that had appeared in my throat, and half-smiled at her.She shifted around, twisting her body so she could better look at me."Hey," she said again, softly, "I love you too." She said this as if she were trying to reassure me, and I had to smile at the irony of the situation. A weight seemed to lift off my chest."Come here," she said with a worried smile, "hold me.".