Amy talked while I chewed and I talked while Amy chewed. We talked about our jobs and what we did to get where we were. We talked about future plans w...e'd had as of a few days ago. We laughed at how our plans seemed to have changed, abruptly. When we finished our meals I asked a question I had been meaning to ask all day, “I notice that when we are alone together, or more to the point, away from the clinic, you are a lot less subdued.” “What do you mean by that?” she asked. “You just seem more. Jake had designed a larger bathroom with three sinks, a tub large enough for two, and a shower large enough for all three of them. The shower would have sprayers on both ends. It seems like an extravagance for the desert, but they had been conservative in their energy and resource use. Jake argued that showering together should save on water usage. Bobbi wasn’t so sure about that if they were playing while in the shower. But, she wasn’t going to argue. She liked the idea of sharing as much as. It didn't seem right to her."Oh," Adam echoed with a smile. "Besides the fact that you were smart enough to get out of that situation as soon as you could." I got out when you gave me the chance," Allie said."No," Adam replied, shaking his head. "You were already fighting it. You had already told Sven to stop trying. Sure, you might have eventually given in to pressure. But it is just as true that you might not have. You forget that it was Sarah who got you moving in a different direction. It. There was someone else.The chorus brought with it an even faster pace, and I confronted himwith the realization that I'd had. I told him how easy it was to readhim, and how happy I was to be leaving this relationship. How happy Iwas that he no longer had a hold on me.The song then slowed back into the second verse where he tried toexplain. He tried to win me back. He did all of the things he'd beendoing for months to convince me that nothing else was going on. But I'dseen it in his eyes, and I.