Fourteen months. [ she gives him a low whistle -- the kind of whistle one might exchange with a close personal friend upon learning just how much accidental credit card debt they've accrued while on a dangerously drunk shopping spree. she means to impart a slice of familiarity between them, although they're little more than strangers.

maybe, just maybe, she'll get him looking in her eyes by the end of this trip. ]

That's nothing to sneeze at. I suppose you've seen all the peaks and all the valleys this experience can offer a person.