The quiet "phut" - "phut" firing of his own sniper silencer wakes him up again, as always, and he quietly looks around his position without moving his...body. It has only been about 45 minutes but Mark feels rested enough to slide back into a light sleep again that does not have a dream he can recall. He knows its wishful thinking - that's what a base camp shrink told him once after a debriefing from an especially grueling mission.About two hours later, Mark awoke as the bus began a slight. ”We went back in the school and found Dad where we’d left them, along with Mom, my cousin Lucy and my Aunt Rose, Mom’s sister. Katie went right up to Lucy and put out her hand. “Hi, I’m John’s girlfriend, Katie,” she said with a smile.“I’m Lucy,” my cousin said as she shook Katie’s hand. “John and I are cousins.”“Kissing cousins, apparently,” Katie laughed.“Yeah. Who knew?” Lucy answered while shooting me a glare. “I sure didn’t!”“Sorry about that,” I mumbled. “I thought you were. Daniel was not sure if he should, but he couldn’t say no to his little girl, especially after what she had found out today. He had been happy when their oldest daughter Regina, had not shown any of the signs of the condition. So when Melissande had confirmed for him that Tanya definitely was showing signs, he had felt very sad for his little girl.He walked over to the couch and sat down beside her. He stuck his arm out and pulled her into a hug, trying to make her feel his sympathy for. Bobby had told her they would be out in the bright sunlight, so she wore a light white dress, and even the big white hat she wore to church when she visited her grandmother. That made her look more beautiful than ever to Bobby, but he did not say so. At least not right away, when he first met her.Bobby paid the old man who rented the boats for three hours use. Jasmine thought that was an awfully long time to just row around, but he had not said what he had in mind beyond going out in the.