He had agreed with suspicious alacrity. Then he claimed that, since any remaining soap was a threat to their mutual pleasure, he should help on the ri...nsing. Today he helped quite thoroughly.Okay, it was a turn on. So was the memory of that supple mind. She would love Bob even if all they could do was talk.He rinsed what parts of himself hadn't been hit by the shower in passing. Then he got out and dried himself while she rinsed herself off and turned off the water. There was easily room for two. The idea ofcomfort, of happiness, was foreign to me. I saw brown, twisted metalpassing through black metal that had been crumpled like tin foil.I saw blood clouding my vision. I saw asphalt. I heard nothing. Noscreams, no sirens, just cars driving by and slowing down on a typicallyquiet stretch of highway on a lazy sunday morning.-The flashback shook me. I hadn't had one since the accident. It hadfelt like a realistic dream that you weren't quite sure was real, onlythis one had been. It's been another kind of fun, being with you here, at this place... whatever its name is."Right now, Sam, I think we ought to maybe find a motel."The noise made conversation difficult. Sam wasn't certain he'd heard what he thought he'd heard. "Did you say you want to go back to your hotel?" Now, Sam, you know that's not what I said." Are you sure you haven't had too much to drink?" Sam asked.Madeleine burst out laughing. "Wicks, you're a trip. I weigh 137 pounds. Do you really think a big girl. "I'm just not sure why you'd want to acquire it." So, Danny, you still going away tomorrow?" Tink said after a short pause. "You don't have to run away, you know. I'll make sure Mom doesn't bother you." It's more than that, honey," I replied with a smile.Oh sure, that was part of it still, I suppose, but it wasn't really the biggest part now. Yep, she was still one of the most beautiful women I'd even seen and there was still an ache in my soul from the loss and betrayal but honestly it wasn't.