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“There aren’t that s here,” she said, more to herself than anyone else

“There are in the older areas,” Joe said “Soreat Spanish architecture”

“Not as ainst the warm cotton of his t-shirt She could have sworn it helped with her nausea “I wanted to go to San Francisco Monastery in Lima It has an ancient library and a n, and there are catacombs underneath it” She felt wistful All she’d seen of Lima was a prison, a bar and lots of bad roads “Did you know that soed all of the bones in the catacombs in pretty patterns? There’s a circular pit full of skulls arranged inconcentric circles”

“Bones in circles, huh? You’ll get to see it, baby Once this is over, I’ll take you sightseeing” Joe’s voice ru her melt inside “We’ll take the train fro mountain road to the old ruins You’ll feel like you’re sitting on top of the world”

“Joe” Julia gave him what she hoped was a stern look “I feel like I’ht now Hello? Altitude sickness, remember?”

He laughed again,with his

Julia’s attention turned to the strange city around her It sees crahest residence in the highest capital in the world Itup at them

“I didn’t realise,” she said

“What, baby?”

“I h elevation But we’re on the sah, I booked the presidential suite at the top of the hotel” She looked up at Joe “I can’t go any higher I can’t You need to change the rooround floor Or a basement room I can do a basement room”

“You’re going to be fine” He kissed her forehead,her shiver

“I’iven medication at the airport by a sy red cross on his vest Seemed she wasn’t the only idiot tourist who turned up in La Paz and instantly fell ill The medication had helped, but she still felt like she was travelling inside a tumble dryer

“It will get better Soood as new”

“You think you can tell so in that sexy drawl of yours and they’ll believe it, don’t you?”

His grin was s “You think I’m sexy?”