" "If I eat that, can I have the ice cream?" "We'll see." Ryan laughed, then kissed him. "Does that influence your answer?" "It might." He gave her a ...ly grin. "Try again and I'll let you know." "Okay, but just once." Ryan linked her hands behind his neck and pulled him down to make it easier to kiss him. It was so easy, she thought, to just relax with him. Already the weight of the day seemed to be easing off a little, so she shifted a bit so that she rested more against him. He kept one arm. “Why?”“You will see.”“Ok, but I don’t understand.”“You will.”I led her up to the walk through the gate, which was always open, and then we walked out onto the football field. We walked to the center of the field right on the fifty-yard line. I laid out the blanket and turned towards her and started undoing her blouse. She protested a little saying, “No!”“Yes, this will be fun.”“But we might get caught.”“Possibly.” I finished removing her blouse then took off her bra and then removed her pants. While I warmed up, Nawaji cut a long branch and rode out into the river, testing the depth of the ford. The gap was only a few inches deeper than the rest of the ford now. When I stopped shivering, I gathered two more loads of rocks and waded back out into the cold water. It was a good thing the two loads were enough because I couldn’t have carried a third load.After walking barefoot all over the gap to make sure there were no sharp rocks where the animals would step on them, I hurried back to. ? ?Indeed, and neither shall you?ever be found. Take a good look at your surroundings here, Claudia, because it is the last vestige of normal life you are ever going to have.? ?Please don’t do this to me. I never pursued any leads in finding her or crossing you since.? Ms. Grayson was begging from fear. ?You did nothing because you were scared. You were scared the same thing would happen to you; well now it has!? ?No?I?? ?You feel ‘heavy’, Claudia, so very.