"Sorry," he said grinning a little. "I'm just so happy that you're ok,"Emily nodded."I know baby," she replied. "We had a little scare there, butfortu...nately we both came away unharmed." Oh good, she's awake," Richard had returned with Stephen's coffee. Hehanded it to him and then placed a hand on Emily's shoulder."How are you feeling?" he asked. Emily perked up a bit."A lot better now that my two favourite men are here," she said causingRichard to blush and giggle."Oh stop!" He said giggling as. A massage will help you sleep better tonight, I said, and perhaps your bruises won't look so impressive in the morning; I'll go very gently.She rolled onto her back and I pulled the sheet back. At least the pyjama bottoms were shorts, and I could see a nasty bruise on her left thigh. The colour and texture of her skin fascinated me. They were so different from the mottled, blotchy 'whites' here who so easily turned red and burned, and the black skins of the natives. I slowly worked the gel into. He opened up the back door and threw up on the ground next to our car. He took off his shirt and wiped his face and put it in the back seat making it uninhabitable. He then said he had to piss. He went behind the car while we sat in the front seats. He came stumbling back and was completely naked. Unbeknown to us Mike likes to get naked when he gets drunk. I drove away and before we got onto the highway Mike said pull over. I stopped and he threw up again. He was hanging out the door and said. "My- my master isn't home right now, ma'am." He wouldn't meet her eyes."That's fine. I don't need to see him," said Renee, but the boy still didn't seem convinced. She added, "Henry said I could check him out while he was away."Invoking the man's name had the desired effect. The kid beckoned her to follow him, and led her through the house."Your name is Simon?" asked the girl. She needed conversation- something to distract her from her thoughts."Yes, ma'am," said the kid.What kind of man would.