The year passed quickly. Samir was away for a few months to Singapore on work and caught up with Anita over frequent phone calls and the occasional sk...pe conversation. A thought struck him that she looked a little heavier of late but he passed it off as a distortion of the video transmission.Finally, it was time for her to return. Anita told him not to come to the airport as she was being given a ride home in a police car. Samir opened the door the moment the doorbell rang and his jaw dropped.. On Sunday fly back to Riyadh to pick up Bob and Emily then on to Kuwait City to finish out the trip. Arrive in Kuwait city on Monday, do my thing at the embassy then fly home Monday night, making it a five day five embassy trip. I sent the list to Director Amy Lockerman in an e-mail.The next call was to General Kevin McJames, the liaison between the State Department and the DOD who we used for the in-flight refueling for the C130 flights. I explained what I was after and if it was possible to. ” I attacked back.“It didn’t look like that last night. The way she kissed you,” she said at the same time fixing the pillow for dad to be more comfortable.Pulling himself up to sit straighter, he said to me, “That didn’t take you long.”“I said the same thing, Costa,” my aunt said while simpering at me.The next few weeks went by quickly. I visited my father twice a day. We would sit and converse for hours. The years that we lost. We were making up for now. The doctors told us, it would be more. I wondered if she wore it for my benefit. Mom and I talked after she got caught up with the other women. She asked me how I liked the new company and how it was going. I told her it was going great and I loved my new office. It was on the 10th floor overlooking downtown. At night the lights of the city were a great view. She said she might like to see it sometime. I said, "how about tonight." It's dark and we can walk over and I can give you a tour of the new office. She said that would be fine.