"We've time. Do I look awful?" No. You look wonderful You look exactly like my fiancee." I started the engine and pulled back onto the road."We're com...ng to Kanowna. Does that sound right?" It's a ghost town. Sometimes tourists go there. There is a mine there again. Somewhere off the road." Ah. Part of the old 'Gold Trail'?" Yes." Feel a bit better?" Yes." Can I ask some more questions?" I guess so." Did your dad try to track her?" Yes. I know he spent money trying to locate her." Did he track. Now she was an outcast. No parent would let their daughter be friends with her, never mind dating; although that didn't stop some of the boys from trying to get in her pants, it encouraged them to sexually harass her. The only support she got was from her brothers; Jimmy a Marine Lance Corporal on his second tour of duty in Afghanistan, and Wayne who was leaving for Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in a few days.Marie finished packing and got into her car, to start the long drive to. You had better watch this one, she can be quite aggressive. I stepped back and waved my hands in the air. Ill do my best to resist. She laughed for a few heartbeats then said, Well I do need to get going. I just wanted to meet you and say hi. Well it was nice meeting you, I said. She turned and talked with her daughter briefly then left. I noticed Amber and the other two girls, one a blonde and the other a brunette were looking at me giggling. What is so funny? I asked. We saw the way you were. "Don't you remember me? Your very best friend from grade school?"Hugh could do nothing but look frightened, like a deer caught in headlights."It's Margaret! Margaret O'Conner!" Oh, of course!" Hugh felt relief wash over him now that he knew her name. Hugh reached out a hand."Is that all I mean to you? Come here." Margaret reached forward kissed Hugh on the cheek, and then pulled him into a warm embrace. For a second, Hugh didn't know what to do, so he tentatively hugged her back.Despite.