Djamel’s reaction was shocking to Xavier. He didn’t know what to say to the girls and he decided to keep quiet regarding the matter. He chose to fill the silence inside the taxi with merry meaningless chatter. But the girls were not paying him any attention, too absorbed as they were in their respective worlds. And thus, he shut his trap after a moment, and kept quiet for the rest of the ride to the hotel. They hadn’t planned on staying in a hotel, and it was no wonder when they found the first two full. The third one was not, and they checked into two different rooms, one for Xavier, and the other for the sisters. Xavier had vowed to keep his hands to himself after all, and he was a man of his word. “You know you two could sleep together, and I wouldn’t mind,” Karima told them in a

