All John could "see" was just an endless expanse of black. He couldn't feel or smell anything else either. Was this... death? Probably. That explosion...wasn't small by any means. Well, what was this place, then? Purgatory? Hell? Suddenly, one of his senses finally activated."....H..."What was that he heard?"He...o?"It seemed to be a voice calling out for him."Hello? John?" He flinched as he heard a melodiously beautiful female voice. He tried to speak, but could only think."Who said that?" But. ” She said, as we came to the Red Bud Inn.I got us a single for the night, and I knew we didn’t need to go to the room, we’d never come out. I mixed us another couple of drinks, and I may have ‘smoked’ these, I loaded them with Crown, but this would have to do us until we got back to the pickup.We drove on to where the intersection of at least four highways met, and I followed her directions as we went into the heart of Mt. View.We parked quite a distance from the center of town, and she had me. For some reason, I had you pictured at around five foot one or two instead of the four inches more that you are. The photograph I had of you didn’t flatter either, you are very much slenderer than it indicated. I couldn’t stop the thought that your husband was a very lucky man indeed and, in truth, I was to be the ultimate loser in this tangled web. You might have landed on British soil, but it is only a way stop to your ultimate destination and the rest of your life in Sweden, with your chosen. “I care,” Guy said.Ellie said, “You’re a fool.”“Why?” Guy said.“Do you think she’s going to wait around forever?” Ellie asked.“Who?”“Selena, that’s who,” Ellie said.“We’re just friends,” Guy said.Ellie laughed. “You’re just friends who never talk to each other. You talk to Marylou and Marylou talks to her. Then she talks to Marylou, who talks to you and the cycle repeats.”“It’s complicated,” Guy said.Ellie asked, “Is Max your friend?”“Yes,” Guy answered.“Do you and Max go out and have a beer.