Atilla must've heard it, it was so loud! But no, the strange noises coming from the next room continued unabated, their intensity increasing with each...passing moment. The boy started again, one step at a time very slowly... pausing on the ball of his foot after each one... He reached the bedroom door, and he hunkered down, the dim light of the overhead lamp affording him a complete view of all that was happening. He peered hesitantly around the corner, shifting his position so he could see. " Don't," she smiled. "I think you needed it as badly as I wanted it."Then she stepped back and turned to leave. At the door, she turned and looked back at her father. With a bold grin on her face, Casey said, "We can continue this later, if you like."Then she was gone and Jason remained standing near the window for several minutes before he finally walked back to the desk and slowly dropped into his chair. His eye caught the young teen on the monitor and he looked at her for a moment before he. Mark originally from Vancouver, came on vacation one summer and fell under the island spell and was now living permanently. We chatted about my trip to Toronto sans any mention of Li-Li, while he shared news of the last two weeks.Months flew by till a call late one night reminded me of Li-Li's trip, she would be arriving on Thursday afternoon, would I available to give her a ride from the airport. "No Problem" I said She arrived as scheduled; packing her luggage in my car I drove her to her. “I had to pick a date when I’d be sure not to meet myself in the house, so I picked a day when I knew I was about to go away for a fortnight on a field trip. I made a mistake, I was a day out. It was thirty years before, so one day is not much of an error. I aimed at arriving in the garden. I planned on hanging around out there to make sure the coast was clear.”Donna stopped for a second, choking up, “God, this is hard,” she said.Susie took her hand, feeling sorry she'd started this, but now.