We struggled out of the bus with the other departing passengers and waited while Teresa collected her luggage from the men who were tossing bags down from the rack on top of the vehicle. Our connecting bus didn’t leave for two hours, and Rafael insisted on walking Teresa to her parents’ home. She refused—adamantly at first, shaking off his hand when he tried to take her arm and insisting on carrying her own travel bag. She at last gave in reluctantly when she saw that she wasn’t about to get rid of Rafael that easily.