Chapter 7 - Page 93 - Jim's Promise

for the rest of his life. Jim also remembered the vision of Rhasha in a plane crash. He knew he could never tell Rhasha about that part of the dream.

   When Rhasha came out of the house, she was carrying all her new clothes. She looked at Jim with a smile on her face. “I just wanted to put something that belongs to me in my new home.”

   Jim understood why and hugged her. Thamish and Thasha were standing in the doorway. Jim and Rhasha waved to them as they crossed the yard.

   When they reached Jim’s house, Rhasha quickly found an empty drawer for her new clothes. While Jim went to the bathroom to take a shower and shave and brush his teeth, Rhasha looked around the bedroom, and happiness filled her heart. She suddenly had an impulse to throw herself backwards onto the bed. She lay there with her legs spread wide and her arms spread across the bed, and felt good all over.

   “This is the happiest day of my life,” she murmured. She was the only person in the room, but she was sure that the whole world could hear how happy she was.

   Jim had left his bed unmade the night before, so Rhasha got up and pulled the covers back into place. She then put the pillows neatly on top, at the head of the bed.

   Jim came out of the bathroom, wearing his bathrobe. Rhasha rushed up to him and grabbed his hands and pushed them out to each side. She used her body to push Jim’s body against the wall. With his head against the wall, Rhasha had to stand on the tips of her toes so she could kiss him. “Mister,” she said, “I thought you would never finish.”

   Rhasha peeled herself off Jim, then disappeared through the bathroom door.