Accepting this prize meant that she would have to live again, that she would have to want to live again. And she didn’t. ‘I’ll have to decline.�...� ‘What, are you kidding me? Do you know how many people would die to have an opportunity like this?’ ‘Yes, I know, but … can’t you give it to someone else?’ ‘You’ve won the prize, Mrs. Soto. If you don’t accept it, no one gets it.’ That seemed unfair. She felt pressured to accept it. ‘I’ll give you some time to think about it, okay?’ ‘I guess.’ ‘Great.. Otherwise I’ll stay here if they have a room. If not somewhere close by. I love North Myrtle Beach.’ She said ‘You picked a lousy weekend to come. It’s Bike Week. I bet there’s not a room between here and Charleston.’ Jeff informed her He saw the disappointment in her face. Oh what the hell. ‘Look Leslie I have a two bedroom suite. I’m only using one bedroom. I’ve already paid for it. If you want, you can have the other room. No monkey business. Promise.’ She looked at him in surprise.. ”But she didn’t engineer it so we were alone for an extended period of time, or anything like that.So I was sure all this eroticism was just teenaged hormones flowing through her veins, and that her curiosity was being slowly satisfied. And, after all, that was the whole point ... right?Then Dennis got T-boned by some stupid woman texting while she was driving. Jill was in the front passenger seat. They were wearing their seat belts, so they lived, but both of them were hospitalized with broken. 'All four of us just sat there, stunned by this revelation. I was mad, of course. This had all been some silly test, just to see if we had the moral character to be accepted by him. Then, too, I could see some of his reasoning. I didn't know about the others, but this would take some getting used to. Nobody said anything for a few minutes, so I spoke up."We need to get dressed, and have some breakfast. It's going to be a long day, again, and we need to get home. Then we can think this whole.