I wondered about the significance of the fact that so many people we were finding were related on one another. The three men from Manitoba; the boys f...om Chicago; and the Kazners, father and daughter. How peculiar that with so few survivors, most of those we had found appeared to have been related by blood.So far, at least, only Brigitte and I were lone survivors.The newcomers had no objection to our plan to travel southward. It was decided that the two boys would share our RV, and the Kazners. The meeting had taken less than thirty minutes. I had an hour and a half to kill before my next meeting. I decided to drop a quick email and a text.“Deb, I’ve let Peter know that it’s in his best interest to leave you alone. You should be OK.”I knew that Deb had a laptop so she would get the email eventually. The next text went to Larissa.“Did you give Peter my message? First meeting XYZ went well.”Putting the phone away, I decided to have a longer lunch, and went to a local sports bar where. “The dogs in theback ” said Karl as he pulled away “leave him there ifhe bothers you” Closing the door behind me I entered the cabin and wentthe kitchen. Heinz lay asleep on some old carpet at theback and made no move as I filled the kettle and made acup of tea. My heart was beginning to beat faster as Idecided to experiment with my canine fantasy. I putdown the mug and stooped to ruffle the head and neck ofthe big brown dog, He roused shuffled to his feet andshook. " said Megan unhappily. She preferred to just be happy and worry about the consequences later. Such is the inexperience of youth.About then Chance and Bobby sauntered into the kitchen, not having any idea what had just been discussed between the women. His mother looked at him and sighed as she saw a handsome young man in the prime of his life. There were probably a lot of girls out there who might be tempted to have his baby. She still couldn't get used to the idea, though, that one of them.