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who turned into a river.”
It made Alana begin to laugh.
“I won’ get out then, I want to become a river!”
“You are so funny.” He said.
“You are funnier.
“Why won’t you pick up your call?”
“I fear it could be the commander at the camp.”
“You won’t talk to him? You know they can’t force you into anything
you don’t want to do.”
“I am still worried” Steve didn’t know about Ahmed’s secret feelings for
her. She knew she had to deal with it but it would be better to simply
ignore him. All that mattered was she had left it all behind. Steve
promised to protect her. No one could force her into doing something
she didn’t want to do.
“Let me go get us a ball while the water princess stays here.”
“Okay, boss!” She watched Steve climb out of the pool with relief while
she forced herself to stay calm. She climbed out and grabbed her phone
to see who was calling.
It was Ahmed! She had been right. She threw the phone back like it
would bite. She immediately went back to the pool before Steve could
find her. One day he would stop calling. She wanted him to give it all
up. She could not trust men like Ahmed and besides Steve was the love
of her life. His insistence on her would definitely drive her crazy. She
was now a fly caught in a web which should have been easy to
disentangle from because it was such a tiny mesh. She seemed stuck in
that tormenting place.
She found Ahmed’s character icy. She did not know how a human being
could live the life he lived. These were the men who fought for their
country after all. She did not want to blame him for everything because
he realized that life in other countries for the military and police ought to
be the same.
She swirled around in the water as it seemed to heave and sigh at every
stroke of her arms through it. She felt excitement going through her
body. She wondered if she had done the right thing not to tell Steve
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