" "It's fine I said save it! We should get going." The cab ride back is silent, awkward, and painful. I want to say something to make him feel better ...ut I can't think of anything. So I say nothing. That night I can't sleep. I'm thinking about Zaid and how much I hurt him. Why was I so quick to turn him down? He really is a wonderful guy. Handsome too- about six feet, with tan skin, and dark eyes with lashes any girl would kill for. He has such a kind face. I can't believe I could hurt someone. The nurse intercepted the soldiers as they took Ray back. He hadblacked out again, so he was still unaware that he was being dosedagain. She also opened his coverall and examined his body making manynotes.*****In the office of the prison Alvarez made several phone calls, gettingmore information from the bomb disposal teams about the devices,ordering his evening meal at a favourite restaurant and getting aprogress report from Calavera. He was making notes from the informationwhen the lieutenant. He looked at her face: so calm and peaceful, so different from what he remembered. She looked so completely innocent and helpless, that for a moment he thought it was her twin. But then he remembered that she was asleep. ‘That explains everything,’ he thought. He began studying her from head to toe. Her once long hair was now short and a little wavy. Her lips a little parted, making them look even fuller. He smiled, as he remembered her habit of breathing through her mouth when she slept. Then. True, they could turn their bodies, but then their legs would get in the way. If they wanted to face each other for a better position for kissing, the couch itself got in the way. They would have to either kneel on it, which wasn't particularly comfortable for more than just a few minutes, or they could lie down. That, of course, meant that one of them would have to be on top of the other, naturally leading to sex.He mentioned his theory to the girls, who found it just as entertaining as he.