"My truck was parked in the restaurant parking lot by now. Cindy was gazing at me, listening to my side of the conversation and what she could catch o... Jim's."Have you told Ann?" I asked."Yes I did. And she's the one who told me to call you," he said."How'd Ann take it?" Apparently she took it better'n me. Said you were a nice guy and Cindy was a sweet and unusual young lady, and that stranger things have happened than this. And get over it." So are you getting over it?" But you married ... a. I could tell that Luke's confusion was only deepened by my claim beforeI asked, "Is there anywhere that I could meet you to discuss yoursituation further?"Luke replied with an address of a local diner near his workplace. Ismiled while I took down the address before we agreed to meet that nightonce Luke got off his shift."Holy shit," I muttered as my hands began to shake while I hung up. Itrembled while I stared silently at the phone I had just used to speakwith the person whose life I was. We had already arranged to go down to the bar and had a very pleasant evening there with friends. We got chatting to a couple of holidaymakers, Bob and Linda - we'd met them a few times before - they had a holiday home here, and come over at least once a year.Without the prospect of Ray giving us a lift home, Gary stayed sober so that he could drive. By eleven o'clock, we four were the only ones left in the bar, so we offered Bob and Linda a lift home.They accepted and invited us in for a. Only one got a shot off at a Lenolyn and it did not even hit anything.With the death of the last Cariss I pushed back through the bush and started jogging east again. I hit open forest a few minutes later and slowed to a fast walk. I turned to head back to the south, staying in the open forest. I heard the Cariss before I saw them and moved towards a thicker patch of brush. When I stepped through the line of brush I froze.In front of me were four Lenolyn young in a shallow pond. When the Cariss.