The weeks that followed I drove by the bus stop as often as possible to see if I might see her again. I went to the park every weekend. No Cindy anywh...re. I was the 4th of July weekend and I was in town when the parade started. I do not usually watch parades but I was caught with no way out so I stood on the corner and watch. Then I saw her in a one piece swimsuit on a float sitting on a wave runner. The float was decked out water scene with several girls and boys on various pieces of. ”“You already have, as far as I’m concerned,” Becky smiled. “You’ve kept Katie safe the last couple of weeks while we worried about the Garretts and then you held them up long enough for the police to come and arrest them.”“It was no trouble at all to have her here,” Dad said, “and I’m going to suggest she stay the next few days as well just in case that preacher gets any ideas.”“Thank you, Billy,” Becky said, “you and Lily are true friends.”“That reminds me,” Mom said. “Billy’s going to be out. How about we play some games with our wonderful maid. And haven’t spoken about my maid, her name is Raji and she is 25 years old and by the way, I’m 21 she is beautiful enough for not to be a maid and she has a tremendous temple like structure. I finished my process and came downstairs, I sat on my dining table and had my breakfast she was serving me and all the while I’m just wearing my boxers. I said sorry and she asked why I said. No I was all sleepy that I never even realized I was naked,. Jada glanced at the time and nodded. The predictions from Mark’s notes were exact to the minute. The winter solstice had occurred eight days ago, one full day where the orange sun came tantalizingly close to breaking the horizon but never quite making it. And here they were now enjoying almost three hours of daylight. So fast!From the kitchen came numerous sounds of a large brunch being prepared. Around11:05 AM, as soon as Kiyoko came up from her morning lesson in the library, their entire.