SABYN AND LOI TALKED THE whole flight, leaning backward or forward to speak in the other's ear. He told her all about his family, she learned he had two younger sisters who commandeered much of their parents' time. The twins, Lenia and Franti, were just sixteen and at that boy-crazy stage.

'It made the last visit we had at my family's home embarrassing,' Sabyn shook his head at the memory.

Loi laughed at the thought of the teenagers trying out their charms on the boys. ...