I was too busy with my studies, as well, for friends, I guess you can say.’ ‘That’s interesting. So why are you talking to me if you don’t li...e to talk to people, no offense.’ ‘Simple, Adam,’ Elisabeth chuckled. ‘I’ve changed my ways. I’m more outgoing now.’ ‘Oh, of course what else can be the reason?’ ‘You speak differently from the others.’ ‘Oh, how else would you like me to speak? Does it bother you?’ ‘No. It’s just that your way of talking is different than other people. I’ve never. ” he said. “Well, don’t let it happen again!” she said, emphatically. “That’s incest, and it’s against the law.” “Well, sleep in your own bed, and you can be sure that it won’t” he said right back. “You aren’t supposed to be in here in the first place.” “Don’t tell Gram that I was here, and I won’t tell her what you did, okay?” she said, quickly. “Sure.” he agreed. “That’s totally fair.” He left the room and went into the bathroom. That night, at bedtime, she came straight to Billy’s room. I knew I wanted to be near her from the first time I saw her and now that I had my chance I was in heaven. Her eyes glowed with gentle warmth as I took her hands in mine... they felt unbelievably soft and I raised her hand up to my lips kissing it once gently. The atmosphere in this restaurant was blissfully serene nothing could pull my eyes away from her as we basked in the soft afternoon breeze awaiting our food. The waiter, a clumsy old man with a loud voice intruded our moment to ask what. .. having to make the commitment without any input from him.She was still on the phone when he came in from work, talking in the normal mixture of Spanish and English that she used with her Salinas relatives. It was a very strange experience for him to listen to her speaking in "Spanglish". Because he had never heard her talk to any of her relatives, he had taken it for granted that she spoke in one or the other of the two languages, not that weird mix. He also could tell that she was very.