"He was a carpenter in the construction industry and she taught English,part-time until Tommy started school. It was like a model of normal lifethat ...my felt she needed to hold on to tightly. She never feltparticularly attached to life and sometimes she was afraid she might justfloat off somewhere if Greg and Tommy didn't anchor her down. Being ahousewife and a teacher, having responsibilities and duties, she felt sheneeded these to keep her together. But she also missed some of thewildness. I let my mind wander to thoughts of Russian women, vodka, cold damn weather, more Russian women and more vodka. Yeah, it was going to be great getting the hell out of this woebegone country.Banzai honked the horn which shook me out of my daydreams. What the hell was going on now?Flashback – Ben – Undisclosed locationShit! This was the last thing I wanted to happen and of all the bad luck! Here we were in the middle of no-fucking-where and we chance to meet another convoy! Oh I could kick in the. (+5)You pummel it with an iron rod. (+10)It's her pet Schnauzer. (-30)SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTSYou stay by her side for the entire party. (+1)You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with an old school friend. (-2)Named Tina (-10)Tina is a dancer. (-20)Tina has breast implants. (-40)HER BIRTHDAYYou take her out to dinner. (+2)You take her out to dinner, and it's not a sports bar. (+3)Okay, it's a sports bar. (-2)And its all-you-can-eat night. (-3)It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat. Mitch did mention one thing that sounded a little off; though it may notbe much. As he went over the update the lab had for him when he wentdown there to speak to them, he mentioned that they had pointed out thatthe prints on the most recent pages of the notebook were slightlydifferent from those on the earlier pages.At first Jim thought that might indicate a second person they couldplace at the scene. Perhaps the same one who had left the footprints inthe damp earth behind the house, but Mitch.