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Another hour had passed since the man left her to herself and while she thought that waiting for Riccardo was the right course to take, she began to regret dismissing Ishaq so harshly before. Maybe if she'd encouraged him to wait with her while she made up her mind, she would have some solace in the fact that he was close by.

And maybe, now, that she was sore tormented by the horror of the morning, and exhausted from all her fears, Ishaq could have called up that cab he promised, and she would have been well on her way home by now; home to her aunt Marilyn, and Ted... Oh, Ted must be worried sick by now. And then Howard; she was way past her curfew time but would it still count if she told him she'd found a job?