It had been three years since the search for the last body of the plane crash had been finalised and filed as lost at sea, but this was the first time...Dan had attended his own memorial service.Standing up, smoothing the creases from his trousers, he listens intently. The sound of the wind blew softly through the trees, as though to caress and calm each fragile leaf. Closing his eyes, the deathly silence, broken only by the loving chorus of birdsong, calmed him. Wiping his now sodden cheeks, he. He ended our conversation with a reminder to clean up after myself. I thanked him and quickly packed a duffle and hopped in my car to head north. The trip took me three times longer than normal, but it was understandable considering all the power outages and road closures. It was probably around 8pm when I arrived and the entire community seemed to have power, they seemed liked the only ones in the state. The cable was out, so I watched a couple DVDs before going to the guest room to sleep for. “The only reason it was available is because the rent is too high and the landlord doesn’t accept deferred student loan payments. It’s a year’s lease with first and last month’s rent upfront. That pretty well keeps college kids from living here.”Hailey nodded her agreement and took in the full kitchen.“Are you going to live here next year, too?” she wondered.“I haven’t decided,” Phil told her. “I like the quiet and everything but it is a little isolated.”“It’s only three blocks from campus,”. You had to go two steps up to enter. It was VERY small. It had a full size stove, refrigerator a two basin stainless sink, a stone insert next to the sink. Between the stove and fridge was a large microwave. The stone insert looked like the only place to really prepare food. I'm not sure if you prepare a meal on it, it was so small. But, if you were standing at the sink or food prep area you could look out over the main room.Owner escorted me out the main entry. I saw a laundry area to the.