“We delivered the car to the police,” Pip said.“That was earlier this week. Why didn’t you go back home?” Sean asked.“Stomach ache,” Cho... answered. He belched long and loud.“Stomach ache?” Sean asked.“Too much soda,” Pip said.“That’s right. You got paid a hundred bottles of soda,” Sean said. He wondered where they had the soda hidden.At the reminder of how much they had gotten paid, Chom said, “Liam made a real bad deal.”“That’s right. We worked all week on the car and the soda didn’t even last. A shadowymale figure would grab him from behind and pull him into a dark place.What happened in that dark place woke him up sweating profusely orsometimes with a shrill scream. He still occasionally had thosenightmares but had given up planning any escape.After a meager vegan supper, it was back to his daily lessons. Theselessons he disliked the most as they consisted of reading then acting outor repeating what he had read. What made these lessons so hard to bearwas the content of his. ’ ‘You didn’t borrow anything from Andrea?’ She grinned and said, ‘Liners!’ She tucked six into her daypack, pulled on her shoes and we were ready. As we all walked to the monorail station I felt a conversation happening, just outside my ability to hear it. All four women were quiet, out loud. Suddenly, as the monorail doors opened Megan said, ‘We’ll catch the next train. Have fun!’ Kelly, Andrea and Sammi waved and smiled as they boarded the train and were gone. Megan hooked my arm and smiled. He turned to Ed and asked, “Is this where we are sleeping tonight?”“Yes, it is.”“Wow, that’s neat.” He crawled into the tent and looked around. Noticing the window of the tent, he took the opportunity to open and close it a couple of times. Bored with the window, he opened and closed the tent door. Beth stood there watching him while shaking her head at the pleasure the little boy was getting out of working a zipper.Snapping his fingers to get their attention, Ed said, “Let’s get your sleeping.