Because there was no earthquake. They're still trying to figure out what really happened and why the monitors went off.RebeccaI waited until Bob's eye... started to flutter before I bent down and kissed him good morning."How you holding up, old man?" I askedHis eyes opened and tracked towards the sound of my voice; his head turned slightly; and I could tell he was having a hard time focusing."Normally I would take exception to that," he said, "and make you regret it, but – honestly – I don't. I kept pressing her until she said, “If you must know, it’s just a stupid boy from school. We have kept in touch over the summer, and I thought he liked me. Then last night we were talking, and he said some awful things to me. I guess a girl like me will never get a boyfriend.”I moved from my chair to the couch beside her and said, “It can’t be that bad, Amy. Boy’s your age can be very immature and say stupid things sometimes. I’m sure he didn’t mean whatever he said. What did he say to you. She'd seen him, a few times, and he had spoken to her, but she had been too shy to answer.Then, one afternoon, he had saved her from the rowdy sailors, and she had almost melted in his arms when he led her to safety. Her father's strong sentiment against the mercenaries had made any thought of getting to know the handsome young man a folly, though, and she had not seen him again before that fateful night.When he had killed her family, she had thought at first that he'd rape and kill her, but he. ”“For what?”He looked up at her, his eyes pleading for an answer.“Honey, what do you want?”“I don’t know…”“If you want my advice, just ask to see what you have been ogling all this time up close.”They were still looking at each other.“Is it okay?”“Is what honey?”She liked the game. Making him, actually say what he wanted was a good way to instruct himon how to be a man.“Would it be-I mean-can I see you naked.”“Of course honey. A mother should show her son theses things. What would you like to.