”I couldn’t do anything but nod my head. I could get away with hunting and scouting by myself as long as I wasn’t more than a couple of hours fr...m camp but going after well-armed men who were hunting me was something entirely different. I’d learned my lesson about promises with Laura. I wasn’t going to break this one, especially as long as I had Tom around to keep reminding me. The others went back to their digging and Tom and I went back to the camp, picked up a full water pack, and headed. And she wasn’t alone. Jake was with her and he apparently had something on his mind. I wasn’t quite sure what, but he wanted to speak to us, so I rushed to put on some comfortable clothing, at least for now. I hoped for the best, as he had already surprised us by not immediately leaving his wife’s side. He sat down, still in his Sunday best, of all things, and, yes, he had a Bible with him, along with other materials. I wondered the hell he had in mind, but I was civil, as was Heather, though. As I was walking to the bathroom my mom was in the kitchen on the phone, I thought to myself, who is she on the phone to at this time? as I approach the kitchen I realise she is on the phone to dad.They were talking for a good fifteen minutes so I got myself a glass of water and then mom put the phone down, I sat down with her and asked if anything had happened, she said "Dad won't be home for a couple of days, there has been a big storm where he is and he can't get back and it looks like the. But this reaction was no performance.Jennifer’s eyes rolled back in her head. Her eyelids fluttered. She let it sit in her mouth, then chewed slowly before guzzling it down and helping herself to another portion from the bowl.Some of the Kagtalik murmured disapprovingly in their native tongue at the American woman’s lack of respect, but they allowed her the indulgence.“Fuck!!” she finally exclaimed after the second spoonful was swallowed. “I can’t believe I’ve been missing out on this shit,.