’ ‘That’s why I left home and came to join you and the Hizb (Party), I wanted to get away from the false ideology of vanity and self-destructio.... I wanted to be a Muslim.’ Yacoub responds to a smiling Omar. ‘Try not to be too harsh on your father either, he’s the product of our failing culture and the assault on our Ummah (Community). There was an Oxford don, whose name I have forgotten, who once wrote a work about the Muslim world in the 1940’s. He claimed Islam would present the world with. My first thoughtof course was that Cynthia was sneaking a phone call. It turned out,however, to be Nathan."How's it going with our boy?" Nathan asked."Great. He came out of his coma sometime after midnight. He's eating andtalking." I glanced over at him, "but mostly sleeping. Are you callingfrom church?" Pastor let me use his cell phone. You'll never guess what happened?" What?" Well last night, after we got home, I called the pastor and told him whathad happened to Timothy. He sent out an. Theannoyance vanished from Dmitry's face and was replaced with interest."That will be all for now, Sandra," he said. "Britney, you can waitdownstairs while I interview your friend."Sandra and Britney walked out the door and closed it behind themselves."Come sit down Alice," Dmitry prompted. She tottered over and ploppeddown next to him. He laid a hand on her thigh. With his other hand, hecupped her chin and pulled her into a kiss. While his tongue invadedAlice's mouth, he grasped one of her. Now give me a hug and get back to bed."Suzie hugged me and then kissed me on my lips. She asked, "Tomorrow when Katy goes home can we sleep together again?"I looked at Suzie and said, "I think you and Natty need your own rooms. That doesn't mean we can't sleep together from time to time but I think most of the time you will sleep in your own bed. Now get to sleep honey."I noticed that Natty was looking in on us from outside the door, waiting her turn to say goodnight. She came in as Suzie left.