?? It took less than two minutes to clear the village? then we wereon a tree lined country road with farmland on each side. ?Now,two questions, do you...have a name and where are you going?? ?Thanks,my name is Shannon and I don?t care as long as it is as far away from here as possible.? Iturned right on to a better road that, in less than 20 miles, would let me pickup the interstate south at Merrill.? Mytrip up to Canada to visit one of my bank accounts had been leisurely and onthe way back from. I had a small ski lodge rented in the mountains and couldn’t wait to get back to doing something fun while not being a pregnant blimp.I had told Ed to make sure to come right home after school and he promptly drove up and I stopped him at the door handing him our packed travel bags and said, “Load the car!”He looked pretty confused, “What’s going on?”I smiled, “It’s a surprise!” and grabbed the rest of the bags and followed him to the car. He packed the big bags I had given him in the trunk. This sounds like business attire but it is not. Somehow Stella knows that this is simply how he chooses to dress, an expression of his personal style. The woman is blonde, beautiful, dressed in a filmy slip of a sun dress, and large, dark glasses.Stella keeps her eyes down, but she can see when the man makes a gesture that allows her to move. She bends elegantly at the waist, deposits their drinks, then stands and waits for further instruction. The man looks at the blonde and raises his. Stand at the entrance of the women’s wash-room and wait for our call.’ The call ended abruptly.The caller’s voice, which haunted Cecilia for the past year seemed all too close today. Cecilia had heard that voice many a times during her online sessions. She had only one name for the voice, M. Picking up the duffel bag, Cecilia made her way towards the gas station. A walk of fifteen minutes felt like fifteen hours to Cecilia. She kept looking up and down the road expecting to see a somebody.