Come and take the wheel." For the next hour, Cherry coached the girl in the techniques of making the best of the conditions; how to avoid the bows dig...ging into the face of a wave, how to ride the back of the wave ... all without really being able to see very much, if anything. "But don't worry; you will bury the bows from time to time – we all do. I'm going to make some tea; you'll be fine for a few minutes. Shout if you see anything."Nadiya wondered what she might see apart from the vague. "I don't understand, Margo. I just saw you destroy her card." Margo reached into her brief case and pulled out a different card, a black card. "She'll get one of these now. This is mine. Did you imagine there are no widows in our ranks? No women whose husbands slip from our control and end up in prison or on the run? No women who divorce for their own safety? We take care of our own. We need her and we need her cooperation in what must happen with him. We'll protect her. We'll need to give her. The building itself was designed to be a Mexican restaurant. The front roof of the entire building where diners ate was shaped like a sombrero with the wide brim reaching out over a patio area which was normally inundated with teens from not only Roosevelt but also from Judson high school.A sort of unspoken truce was in place at Sombrero Rosa. Mainly, the owners have threatened to raise their prices if things ever got out of hand. If anything needed to be resolved immediately, the students. "Drink some wine first to take the edgeoff, and let's avoid the water so we don't have to run to the ladies roomfifteen minutes into our lunch please."When the waiter came back and poured them some wine, they clinked glassesbefore little by little he started to relax. Fifteen minutes later they werealmost like girlfriends having a casual lunch, opening up and gigglingwithout any fuss. After a few more glasses of wine, a lot more of his gutsspilled out to her as she was an expert with questions..
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