However she was certainly "of age" now and the answers were none of my business. I couldn't even afford for her to ask a similar question of me.We got...a late start on the two-and-half hour drive back home but after all it was her day to celebrate and I didn't want to cut it short. When she finally said she was ready to go, she looked so tired that Faith volunteered to drive her car and let Hope relax as a passenger, so for the long drive, as company I only had myself and the oldies CDs I played. .." She told me she was a whore," Jesse broke in."She what?" Diana interjected. "We both know that's bullshit. Now talk to me."After a moment, Jesse quietly started, "We went through that night together. I don't know whether I could have kept Joyce from bleeding to death without Alesha, and I only vaguely realized at the time that there was something wrong with her. I just kept praying that she wouldn't pass out on me while she was holding pressure. She later told me that the reason she had. "I finally decided that what my heart wanted was to see you again. To seeif I had the same feelings for you or if in the years since things hadchanged. When you walked through that door and looked so confused andlost, just like Hugh bloody Grant would have done, I knew that I had notlost any of my feelings for you. My legs were shaking when I saw you. Theonly thing that saved me was the fact that you were so shocked so I hadtime to gather myself. I knew it was a huge risk to see you as I am. Then, after some discussion and additional comments, an interesting suggestion was added from the council, “We also suggest the team make the same effort to finding and making contact with the other village and determining their needs, also.” To me it was very interesting that they made that request. I wondered if the people in this village would offer to contact the other village or the clan, if that would place them into danger. There were some younger people who seemed to be stronger willed.