CHAPTER 3
When we reached my room, I was still in disbelief and in a super plain voice said. "Um, thank you for the bath, it was...nice." How ironic that now I'm the one fishing for words.
"You are welcome, I am happy always to do wash for you," she said so matter of factly, as if it were expected of her.
"Well," I said with slight hesitation in my voice, "why don't you stay around and watch TV with me for a little while?" I said in an obviously awkward voice.
"Okay," she easily agreed.
After Mali was inside, I made sure she noticed me lock the door. It was a nice yet subtle way of telling her that this was going farther than just watching the tube. As I approached the bed, I could see the look in her eyes telling me that she, too, wanted something. This made me feel in control of the
