She looked up in alarm. "No! Don't call my house! Please! Just let me give you my cell phone number." She reached into her purse and pulled out a card from her stack of business cards. She pulled out a pen and wrote a number on the back. "Please use this number whenever you call me. Please?"

I stared at her for a second. She broke pretty easily and suddenly seemed so willing. Was this something she was wanting? "Okay. We can do that. See you later."

We left her there and headed out to the car. It was getting dark now. We had just gotten settled in the car...