”He took off his jacket and lay on the bed.When she had finished she turned around only to find he was fast asleep.He woke the next morning to find ...erry in her bathrobe watching him; he glanced at his watch it was after 10 am, he’d slept for over ten hours.“Hi”, she said “would you like some coffee?” She moved to the tea and coffee kettle supplied by the motel.He realised he was still dressed in his jeans and tee shirt. He rose from the bed. “I’m sorry darling I was a bit of a damp squib last. She adjusted her clothing and gave him a kiss and climbed out. Before closing the door she said, sounding a little tense, ‘I suppose you wish to fuck me?’ Dick’s mind raced. She’d said that, not him. If he said the wrong thing he could be dead in the water. ‘Of course I do, please don’t feel I’m not interested in your beautiful body Ida but you have been calling the shots till now. I suggest this: you arrange for your mother to stay with your grandparents next Saturday night and you invite me. That’s why, in the light of the red glare of the rockets, the sound suddenly disappeared from my throat. I couldn’t sing. My eyes roved around the room and I knew I shouldn’t be singing. I didn’t belong here. I knew at the core of my being that I wasn’t an American, so I didn’t have the right to be standing here, singing along with everyone else. I’m not an American. I don’t belong. But I’m not really English any longer, either. I don’t belong there anymore. If I went back to Preston, I’d be a. ”“We both had commitments that couldn’t be compromised back then. You with your young family and damaged father, and I had college I had to return to.”“Yes, it was ... circumstances, I suppose, beyond our control, back then.”“But now, what commitments do either of us have now, Marina?”“I suppose we are a great deal freer, to a degree.”“Exactly.”Sophie stirred in the back, saying sleepily, “Are we there yet, Daddy?”“Not quite, sweetie, go back to sleep.”“‘Kay.”Daniel drove along quietly, while.