Just come in.’ ‘Ok. be right over. Love u.’ ‘Love u 2. C u soon.’ I put my phone down and settled back to watch tv. That’s when my mom ...ame in and said, ‘Hey honey, feeling better?’ ‘No. I thought sore throats were bad, but this is horrible. By the way, Liv’s coming over to see me,’ I paused and ran my tongue over my jaw, wincing. ‘Ok. I’m off work for the rest of the day but I’ll be going out in like 20 minutes. Shout if you need anything.’ She smiled and left the room. Looking back, I. I came back from class, and she was waiting for me with a cup of coffee on the front porch. We chatted about classes, and then we headed up to my room. She sat on my bed. I stripped naked. And then I spent ten minutes folding my clothes, finding my running clothes, and finally getting dressed.Thursday had a different, completely unexpected twist. After my run, I headed down the hallway to the community shower. Each floor of the house had several private bathrooms with a toilet and sink. . Those metal tips’ll splinter anything.”No one had come by while I was standing there. “Which boat? And when?”“That one,” she pointed. “An’ real soon.” She picked up the phone. “Alex? How many bookings you got? Oh. He’s here. Tell you what. I’ll take the li’l one and take him out myself. No. Don’t fret. I’d bet he’s older than I am. Right. I’ll lock the kiosk and we’ll be back before three. Right.”She turned to me. “You’re it. I’ll take you in the smaller cat. We’ll take a bit of food along.. The cave was only a few hundred meters from her house so it probably wasnt necessary to bring the muesli bars but she brought them anyway. In the forest the light shone through the trees in small beams. It wasnt hard to find where to go, the large tree acting as a perfect landmark. She got to the clearing at the base of the tree and saw the cave, rather obvious now. There were vines growing over the mouth and she moved them away. Asu crept through the cave, flashlight beam slicing the darkness.