Traci said she felt fine, but maybe she was coming down with something. He told her to take care of herself, and that he would call her the next night...about the same time. After Traci hung up the phone, she went in and sat down in the living room and watched television for a while. She was restless she couldnt sit still. Her mind kept wandering back to that afternoon. She glanced out the window toward Bills house. His wifes car was in the drive. What could she do? Maybe shed go out and get a. “I thought you were grounded,” he said.“But I’m doing what’s right and that’s what matters, just like you did. Besides, what’s the worst that can happen? I’m already grounded,” I said. “Finding Joanna is my top priority, and this suspension means I’ve got tomorrow free. Jay Calhoun’s currently still off school but one of the other hillbillies told me where he lives. I’m going to talk to him tomorrow to find out what he and his family know.”“Don’t you think it funny that Principal Hochstadler. "Yes," was all Vicki could say without sobbing."Then I will send a car for you and it will bring you over here to the cafeteria to visit with me while you wait," Tes said, "See you soon." She broke the connection."I have to leave for a little bit but I'll be back soon," Vicki said.Brianna offered to go with Vicki, and when turned down, she made ready to leave."Sit," Vicki said, "You and Aren can visit, and I will be back soon." Why does Tes want to see you Vic?" Aren asked.Vicky leaned over and. Had he been a lesser man, his fate would have been castration or a stoning. The chief chose instead to banish him. He was sentenced to exile, in the traditional manner. He was taken to the shore-side onto the crumbling glaciers that were crashing into the sea, and left on a mountain of ice that was about to break away and become an iceberg.And so it was, for how many days or even cycles of the moon, he didn't know, as the iceberg drifted away from the dry steppes he had known all his life, he.