Long before they get back to her room Anne is winded and covered in a fine, itchy sweat. Geoff helps her to the bed and looks at her, wondering about ...he kiss. Anne speaks a whole sentence, "Geoff, don't look at me like that." What? Like what?" You know." She looks away."Annie?" I'm so ashamed." She's still looking away. Her eyes are watery but there are no more tears."Oh. Well, should I keep my eyes closed?" He closes his eyes and walks toward her and almost falls when he stumbles against a. Checks have been made at all airports and ports; we're pretty sure they haven't left the country," Gary Harris said, in an attempt - I think - to reassure me."What use is that? He's hardly likely to take them abroad before he kills them, is he?" I replied, my anger still rising."Calm down please, John. We don't know that he is going to harm them. It's just something we have to take into account. We - or rather Helen - believes they are in hiding in the country somewhere. We'll track them down. This meeting is far more important.”Now there was no way out. I called up my office and told i would not turn up that day. Then i bolted the door from inside and told her, “now the living thing is at your service. Tell me what should i do?”“now the whole day is before me. I’m in no hurry. We can spend some time together.”After a while she asked me. “kannan, do you know how old am i?”“forty?” I guessed.“thirty-eight.” She clarified. “when i was married i was twenty-one, and hari chettan was 28.. " Nonsense! And that isn't the point, I don't want you looking like a complete and utter whore!", Maria scolded back at her girl, nonsense indeed. Was it so wrong to want to protect her girl's dignity?And how could she be jealous of her teenage daughter? She was happy for her girl that she could fill out such an outfit, but to show it off like a whore, a tramp?The two of them stared at each other, daughter on the bed, mother standing just inside the room. It was almost like a duel, seeing who.