I saw her also glancing at them frequently. I reached close to her and asked in a naughty mood “How will be if one of them share with us tonight?”.... She looked at me and gave a naughty smile. I left it there and continued to play thinking that she just supported me, though not serious, not to spoil the mood.We came back and took shower. I had one more peg and had lunch. After lunch, we just had a nap. After half an hour, when I woke up, she was not in the room. I opened the door and she was. Looking down she saw her belly swelling as water continued to pour into her. Tears flooded her eyes as she stared up at her father, asking for mercy. “Please, you’re going to kill me,” she pleaded.“Remember what you promised last night?” he asked.“I have to satisfy Daddy if I want to keep living,” she sputtered in-between gasps of pain.“That’s right. You have one purpose right now and if you can’t perform it, then I don’t need you alive. I wonder how I’ll do it. You look amazing when you’re. John joined me on the sidewalk, his eyebrows shooting up once he got there. He made a move to put his arm around my shoulders but caught himself and returned his arm to his side. Jerry’s warnings about staying away from each other had clearly gone unheeded but there was no reason to push our luck. After a few moments of silence I said, ‘Come on, let’s see if I can find the spare key.’ We went back into the bakery and didn’t mention the posters again. ‘This holds a lot of responsibility: it. I know you better than you know yourself. I know how hard it is for you to let go of a grudge, at times. Anne hurt you when she walked out, but that can’t be the only thing you think about. You need to decide whether it’s possible to get past that. Don’t let your injured pride take control. Look at everything. ‘Thing is, the only person who can tell you if it’s the right thing to do is the one living inside your skin. If you are not happy and committed to the decision, it’s going to get real.