. I..." Tell me, Mary Ann. What did you do?" I pulled the sheet off myself. I was laying there totally naked. And I did it. I did it all the way." No ...hit? With your door open?" Yes! See? I really tried." I give you credit, Mary Ann. That was pretty gutsy. But they still didn't hear you?" No. They never came back out of Andy's room."I thought for a few moments before replying."Let me think about this, Mary Ann. I do give you a lot of credit for trying, like I said." Well Sherry, isn't it enough. I tried to resistbut here I am. Please don't take this the wrong way, I know you can takecare of yourself, but I want, no need, to be here for you." I fell apartsobbing. Concerned, Bob got up. I stood up and put my arms around hisneck. "Silly thank you so much, I need you too." We talked for 4 hours,about who I was and am. He told me things about his family I never knew.Finally, he said he had to go. It was getting late and he had to go tothe store today and pick up his cleaning for work. Mr. Monet wanted to say something, but I acted more quickly. I reached behind my back and unhooked my bra, then slowly slipped the straps off of my shoulders. It fell silently on the ground between my feet. Mr. Monet said my name, perhaps in order to tell me to stop, but I ignored him. Whilst staring directly at him, I kicked out my shoes and unbuttoned my jeans. "Noëlle..." Mr. Monet said once again, but this time with significantly less power, and not nearly as much certainty as before. I. Watching the clock I see that my flight is early and that he won’t be in arrivals waiting for me yet. I decide in my mind that I will go and freshen up for him, take a few minutes just to relax and breathe deeply. Freshened up I take my suitcase and head for the exit to the arrivals lounge. I can barely walk, my whole body is shaking, trembling in anticipation of the events to come. I step out into the lounge and I am surrounded by people, I worry that he won’t see me and I hope that I will.