I was shitting bricks. Going over to the window, just before I pulled the blind down to hide from the world, I saw the three of them getting into a ca... at the end of the ally way. What will happen now? It was a long 2 hour wait until my phone rang. It was Dana. She was at the hospital. Mika was going to be OK. They told the Dr that she was sliding down the banister and landed on handle bars of a push bike that was always parked at the bottom. It was a half plausible, half lame story I know but,. Tom and Mandy though had another idea. As they all broke camp, Mandy reported on her away-mission with Tom. “There’s a huge lake coming up after the next bend in the river. You can’t see it from here, but theMississippireally broadens out, maybe a kilometer or more across.”As he was lifting the first of his two kayaks into the water, Tom added, “And in the middle of the lake, perhaps dead center in the whole world down here, there’s a small island. We estimate it’s six kilometers from here.. During the 10 minute walk to where we parted company, (we work in opposite buildings) she made no mention of what had happened, nothing about the men interfering with her. We met for lunch and again she said nothing about it, just made small talk and gossip from the office.We met up at going home time and made our way to the station. "I wonder if the train will be as packed going home?" was the only comment that she made. The train was indeed just as packed. I allowed myself to be pushed away. His wife decided to stay. I later found out they were close neighbors to Dexter and Marsha. Dexter started out by giving me a lot of information. He and Marsha had been married for thirty years, with five grown children and six grandchildren. Dexter was an accountant, and had been ever since he graduated from college. As he continued talking, he revealed that he was thirty-one when he met Marsha at the local library. She was only eighteen at the time. Marsha was having trouble with her.