"Ben, you promised." Derry said. Imagine if he had not decided to check on Diana. He wouldn't have seen the sight he was now looking at.
"Look man, I can explain, and it's a very valid reason." Ben told him, putting Diana down so that she could stand. She clutched Ben's jacket tightly when Derry eyed her.
"You're doing exactly what you said you wouldn't do." Derry distinctively remembered telling Ben that he was interested in Diana and that he should back off. And if he could recall properly, Ben had agreed.
"Derry." It was Diana that spoke.
"Don't tell me you're going to defend him. He locked you in a cell without food and water and you're taking his side instead of mine?"
"Remember the mate I was telling you about?" She used her eyes to make a signal as if to say 'this is him'. Der
