“Excuse me sir, I am sorry . “Mom pushed herself away and I said ,‘Nothing to be sorry..it happens. ‘After freshening up, we went out. Roamed ...round market, I purchased few modern dress for mother and watched a movie . We returned back to our room by 10 night. I gave order at reception for morning tea for both of us at 6 morning, every day till we are hear. They noted it.I bolted door behind us. But once we entered room I saw mother getting tense. It was natural. I don’t remember when we two,. She rolled over and went to sleep. The next thing she knew was Perry waking her up to get ready for school. Carrie got up and took a long hot shower before putting on the clean clothes that Perry had brought her. He then took her and dropped her off at school.A couple of nights later, Perry had Carrie back at the bar. This time she was introduced to a man and his wife. Terrance Langley was thirty-five, with a much younger good-looking wife of twenty-three. Sharlene had long dark red hair that. But the next morning, she was wanting a shower. She was not allowed to raise her arm, and she had to keep the bandage dry, and not to mention that she was still a little unsteady on her feet. I tried to talk her out of a shower, but she would not return to therapy unbathed another day. But I did not want her to shower alone.I n exasperation, she finally burted out, “Dad, why don’t you just help me? You’ve already seen everything I have!” I fired back, “You didn’t have then what you have now!!”. Don't disappoint her this time, Steven. It may be your last chance."The phone went silent. Elyse's name vanished from the screen, the connection severed. At that instant, Steven felt the delicate thread connecting them stretched to near breaking. Would he hold tight while Elyse dangled from the opposite end, or release her, letting her fall helplessly, even perhaps willingly, into Simon's hands?A light rain pelted the windshield, and the darkened streets became slick, black mirrors, each.