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"Ed purchased a motorcycle so that I could go back and forth to visit with my mother and sister. He treated me as a father would treat a daughter. We had no intimate relationship. From Ed’s apparent point of view, we had two separate lives. From my perspective, I was a little confused. He had shown me a different side of life that now I was beginning to want forever. There was a big difference in Ed’s age and mine, but I wanted him to like me not like a daughter but as someone to which he was attracted. I couldn’t quite sort out my feelings. " [Chapter Eight]
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"It was about midnight when my mother and I heard a knock at the door. We were very frightened and worried that it might be Vietnamese solders. They had been going house to house arresting people. Many Lao citizens had been summarily executed. We were hoping whoever it was would think no one was inside. The knocking persisted though, and finally I shouted, “Who is it?” " [Chapter Ten]
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"Soon the man operating the boat, Ed, the baby and I, under cover of darkness, secretly departed for the other side of the river. I could barely see the distant shoreline of Thailand in the dim moonlight. I sat in the boat, deep in thought, as it moved smoothly through the river currents. I wondered about all that possibly lied ahead. I had no regrets of anything material that we had to leave behind. I was thankful that we were able to escape, and that my baby would have an opportunity to live in an area out of danger.” " [Chapter Ten]
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"I took Larry to see my mother’s monument that was located behind the house in which my sister was now living. I missed my mother dearly. I wanted to light a candle and some incense there. Larry and I said a prayer together as we knelt down at the monument. A sudden breeze blew through the trees, and I could not help but wonder if it was my mother sending her approval of the man I had married.” [Chapter Thirty-Four]
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