I cannot imagine you or Julia 'pushing' anyone into that situation. That'd be coercive." Julia did say she was tricking them."Julia hadn't gone upstai...s yet, as she was still talking to her mother about Donna. She must have had half an ear tuned to my conversation because she immediately explained, "I'm tricking them into realizing how wonderful you are. It's quicker to do it that way, especially because your modesty is making it difficult. I am NOT tricking them into your bed. Once they know. .."I held up my hands in mock surrender, "Okay! Okay! You win. I'm sorry. I just felt better than I have in a long time and I wanted to feel the sun and wind. Before I always took those things for granted, now they are so important," I paused a moment and then added, "Just as important as you are to me." Stop! Remember, we are going to take it slow. Let's get you well first, then we can see how we feel about each other."I felt something rising inside of me. I couldn't call it anger, but I was. Look, I got a favor to ask ya. Do you s’pose you could drop by my place at about 9:30 this mornin’? ... Well, I’ll tell ya when ya get here, but I think you’re gonna enjoy it ... Good, good! Thanks Spence. Oh, and when you get here, pull around and park in the barn, would you? ... Right! See ya in a bit, Spence.”He snapped his phone shut and stuck it in his pocket. “You kids follow me on up to the house and we’ll have some coffee while we wait for the show to start.”We were met at the door by. ’‘True, but do you have any choice? I brought you in as a suspectedterrorist, remember? Under our current laws l can do with you whatever Ibelieve is necessary. Including locking you up where nobody will findyou for a very long time.’I was getting seriously mad with this guy, Jandaeng, and the entire Thaipolice for that matter. Not for the first time I bitterly regretted mycasual agreement to do some ‘consultancy’ for Kritsada. I sighed, ‘What do you want?’‘It is very simple. I want to know.