At the top of the stairs she walked sternly and without a glance past the oval mirror and into the bedroom, where I watched her bright reflection liedownon the bed and close her eyes.
Alex tried to lead her toward the other room, where they could liedownon the sofa bed, but Sasha dropped to her knees beside the tables and pulled him down, the Persian carpet prickling her back, street light falling through the window onto his hungry, hopeful face, his bare white thighs.