Marco trots in to the room, leading a valet. The valet drops the morning paper on the table and clears away the dishes. I rub my forehead. "He's in he...e, you know. Just like you're in there." I know Carter. But you're stronger. You used his hatred. It will pass."I say nothing. I hear him in me. He screams and gibbers in his prison. But he's small and weak, still seven ... always locked into that moment. He never grew up. And I had to ... for all of us.Lynn's face still doesn't have Martine's. He had been hearing more and more about the blood bath in his native country as well as in other Islamic countries where moderates were being replaced by fundamentalists. He had been overjoyed when the Ayatollah Makhtol had taken over after a four year power struggle that almost tore the nation apart. The Ayatollah had been one of his teachers when he was a child. Katal remembered the new Imam, who always wore his characteristic blue turban in public and often in private as well, as a very. As I looked over at her I asked, "Where to?" Jenny looked back at me uneasily as she gave me her address. I pulled out of the bar's parking lot and began heading in the general direction of her house. As we drove we talked and got to know each other a little bit. Then she suddenly stammered, as if trying to explain herself, "P-Phillip and I have only recently divorced. We are still friends, but I can't help feeling like a failure because now I am alone again. I hate being alone, and being alone. She waded in and I caught up with her as we hit waist deep. The water was crystal clear and blue over the white sand, and she looked like a goddess in the tropical water. ‘Did my ass meet with your approval?’ ‘What?’ I played as stupid as I could. ‘Jared, I’m a grown woman. I know when a man checks out my ass. I’m not offended, I just want to know what you think.’ I smiled at her openness. ‘I’m busted. You want the truth or do you wanna hear what I think you want to hear?’ ‘Smart man. Let’s be.