Seven years before she began her journey along the highway of desire, Lilia was a mere sixteen-year old and had lived an uneventful but happy childhood in her Coahuila hometown of Nueva Rosita. The eldest of four siblings, she had been a gentle and synpathetic child.  But time betrayed her to her misfortune because as she entered adolescence, her spirit of gentleness adorned itself with the symbols of a premature sexuality.  Her body grew up before she could discern what the changes meant, and she began to experience  a persistent restlessness alien to her innocence. Anxiousness---her immature sexual desires--constantly interrupted her sleep, and when she did sleep, she dreamt of being awake all the time. Suddenly, she lost interest in those things she had once loved: her books, her friends, and their games. She had no comprehension that her restless and formless sexuality could one day transform itself into the desire for a man's love even though, unknown to her, she already inspired an intense longing in men because was not kinetic but a serene-like liquidity that suggested she could decipher their death anxieties.