"Oh. Um. My daddy made a mistake ... the dummy." She giggled, knowing thepower of that sound, but reinforcing it by making what felt most like doeeyes...The driver's face creased up suspiciously but almost immediately crumbledat the laugh and the eyes. Emily made a mental note of the expressionshe'd just made with her new face."Well ... for future reference, a cute little kid like you gets to travelfree ... with an adult."Emily could tell the driver had more to say - felt the barrage ofquestions,. ”He considered this for a while. “Still, you weren’t actually thinking about having sex with that guy, were you?” His incredulity remained palpable.“Well, you’re right about one thing: we didn’t know his name or anything about him. And you’re also correct that he could’ve been a creep, or worse. He wasn’t, but he could’ve been. No, I wouldn’t have had penetrative sex with him, but I was very close to ... look, dear, I don’t want you to take this the wrong way, or doubt for one second just how. Next to the final number of six was a small yellow pulsing light and I realized it was in rhythm with the beating of my heart. I was being monitored. So I was in some sort of hospital room.I was also naked.I eased my head back and closed my eyes again. There had been an accident. The faint memory of it flickered inside my head with a sudden flash of light then I felt myself falling backwards. But then nothing as the memory faded away.It was then I realized someone was here. In the room with me.. He had a nice butt, but she was crazy about the jeans shewas referring to."You did always say that." They looked into each other's eyes for a longwhile. They smiled at each other. As the silence stretched on, the smilesfaded away. The gears were now turning in both of their heads.She's still with Jake. You can't kiss her yet, Rob thought to himself."Just hug me." They knew each other well enough to know that they wouldnever do it under these circumstances. They had both been cheated on.