Promise me you will make them sorry for hurting my Rebecca."Promise!"Jack nodded and waited for my thoughts."It looks like we need to call Roy and bre...kout a new case of Coke," was all I said.Jack looked hard at me, nodded, and left to make arrangements.Colleen cried all night. Winnie, Millie, and I all held her through her tears. Hearing the sordid details of Rebecca's torment was more than she could take, and her sobs racked her body for hours, until sleep blessedly released her for a little. I am a biologist working at a research retreat some thirty miles north by northeast of this position. " That should have settled the question but it only made me more confused. " My companions? Are they? " Dr Henderson interrupted my weak voice with a slight sardonic edge. " They are fine, tho I must admit that you picked the damnedest time to become shipwrecked. With the rainy season upon us and being at the end of our supply run.... Well, there is nothing to be done about it now. Are you up. Mackey called Grace back within a few minutes.“Technically, I shouldn’t be talking to you since you’re not listed in McKinley’s file. However, his admin, Alice, notified me that you’d be calling, and she does have permission to discuss his medical information.”“Thank you, I appreciate you returning my call,” Grace said.“McKinley suffers from migraines, and I had him on an antidepressant as a preventative, but he didn’t care for certain side effects,” the doctor explained.“What kind of side. That left me speechless for awhile.I try to embrace the winter weather rather than complain about it as many do. Well, except for that time I slid off the road and sat upside down for hours and nearly froze to death. But for the doctor who rescued me from frigidity, in more ways than one. Skiing is exhilarating and when you are on the slopes you feel a sense of unbridled freedom and considerable accomplishment when you master a challenging run. The wind and sun and cold, provided you are.