Chapter 17When the door finally closed, Talya had an overwhelming feeling that she had reached the end of the road. She was at the exit of a tortuous maze. She knew she had to leave Africa soon—that always troubled her.
Her thoughts went back to Hassan. Her heart was churning inside her. He had resurrected buried emotions as well as resentment, resentment of her past. Talya was not about to open up to him. She was comfortable shutting these events of her youth out of her mind. Yet, Talya cared for the man, but she couldn’t accept the way she felt about him. She knew their relationship couldn’t go any further than these few weeks of working together. The thought of abandoning him to his great or dismal future was uncomfortable, not to say guilt-ridden. Talya had to face Hassan and tell hi
