I'm not k**ding about this. I don't even want to think about what would happen if anybody found out about what we did." Okay, okay." A slow smile made...an appearance on Ruth's face. "It did feel pretty good though."The older girl smiled back. "Good? I would have said great."There was a friendly, companionable silence for a long moment then as the two young women regarded each other with wide and friendly grins. Kristen was really starting to shiver badly by now though and her little sister chose. Her clothes were worn out, but clean. She gestured to her sister, and slipped out quietly into the dark, moonless night.Nisha went over to her next-door neighbor, who owned a bike, and told him of his situation. After listening patiently, he expressed his sympathy and offered an apology for not being able to help her, and politely, but firmly closed the door. Nisha stood there, suddenly aware how alone she was even in her own village. Why should someone help her? After all, there wasn’t much. We'll get Brenda on the airplane and fly home from there.'Ann nodded and smiled, "I guess Dorothy was right... there's no place like home."Bob laughed at Ann's reference to the Wizard of Oz. The waitress brought their breakfast and they ate and talked about the proposal that John and Paul were working on for the Swedes. After they finished Bob took Ann's room key and told her to wait in the lobby while he had a bellman bring down their bags.When they started to get into the limo, Ann paused for. “I think something’s wrong with me.”Veronica pushed up on her elbows and saw her step-son’s limp state. She asked in an innocent tone, “Don’t I turn you on?”“Of course you do,” Colin was growing frustrated. “I-I don’t know what’s happening!”“This is a one-time offer,” Veronica reminded him. “I mean, if you can’t even get it up for me….”“Oh god,” Colin backed away from the bed until his shoulder blades bumped against a bedroom wall, as though suddenly afraid of his step-mother. Realization.