THE RETURN "Would you like to pop over to Kish, to Maryam beach?" asked Elisa. "Well, we"re on the Persian Gulf, why not?" "I hope there are still no beaches separated from the men." "I think, the more expensive the hotel, the more elastic they will be," replied Helium. When they arrived in Kish, after dinner, they spent the night in the same luxurious hotel. In the early hours of the morning, Elisa went down to the golden beach, enjoying the first sunshine lying on a sunbed and surrounded by majestic palm trees that, at times, put some shade on her skin. She wore a white swimming costume, a straw hat, and a pair of dark glasses. Helium, from the balcony, saw her fulfilled and satisfied; he did not want to interrupt that moment, and he felt his blood stir, thinking of the news

