"We like a good fight, here in the Citadel, don't we?" I began.There were a few laughs and some goodhearted jibes, but mostly nods and murmurs of agre...ment."I'm like the rest of you. Hell, I'm the one who told you to settle your differences this way. It's made us tough enough that nobody wants to screw with us, right?"Another round of responses, louder this time, accompanied by hand gestures, mostly fists."We need that toughness. We need it to survive. But we also need to temper it with. She changed her direction & again go for sleep.I took a deep breath. I thought if she cried then all the people in train definitely kill me. I put my hand on middle stand & close my eyes after 2-3 min i feel some thing was touching my hand. Its was her hand. I have not open my eyes, She touch my hand & hold it & start rubbing by fingers & palm. I open my eyes. She is looking at me & holding my hand. I also tighten my grip on her hand. she smiled. After 2-3 min in same situation, i got courage,. Finally, and I only found this out much later in our relationship, she had found the same satisfaction with her hand that I had and didn't see a need for anything further until she started high school.That is not to imply that Jesse and I became intimate. We never had the time or opportunity for that to occur. Jesse and I still traveled different paths. Occasionally we could both manage to end up at Jim and Libby's house where we could talk. This wasn't very often because Jim and Libby were. "Bonnie squirmed around until she was looking directly in his eyes. "It's just that, I don't know, if I had had to act quickly, I wouldn't have been able to. That scares me. I'm usually able to take care of myself, but this time I totally lost control." I know what you mean, sweetheart," he assured her. "It is scary, but I would have wondered about you if you hadn't reacted the way you did. Let's see if the detectives will let us out of here. I think the change of scenery would do us both.