When I came back to the ‘Indian’ room, I found the girls cuddled together on a couple of the floor pillows.“You two seem busy,” I teased, “s... I guess I’ll go find something else to do!”“Get down here with us, Tiger!” Jessica ordered.I got down and snuggled close to Jessica, with Kara on her other side.“I missed you guys,” she said. “I’m glad I can be here for two weeks.”“We’re glad that you’re here! How did you do in your clerkship?”“I got an A. I’m so glad that I have pediatrics and geriatrics. We left the church feeling energized by the music and the sermon. I did notice that Sarah and Rhonda had Ronnie between them sitting with a couple who looked to be Rhonda's parents. It was all good.We left for our next stop happy catching lunch half way there. We also stopped and shopped. We pulled in at our next stop and had another lakeside site. As we were finishing our hook-up, I heard Irene say to Jim, "We're at another lake. That means you get to show your buns, Jim." He just smiled. He. “I know the songs you’re singing, saying nothing loud and clear. I’ve heard that song a thousand times. But your shallow empty lies about suicide are patronizing. You can never understand what I feel.”He looks hard at her, deep into her eyes. “Or do you think I’ll be less lonely when I’m dead? I can’t silence all the voice in my head. I close my eyes, but I can’t make it go away. Do you think I’ll be less lonely? I pray that I’m not lonely, when I’m dead...”Slowly, her trembling hand moves down. Hell it was foolish of me not to do it.Instead I opened the driver's door and crouched behind it. I pointed the .38 at the one I recognized. Two more had gotten out of the car's back seat. There was a total of four of them. I could still have killed all of them before the pretend thugs got to me.What I needed was a permanent end to the confrontation without having to go to jail even for an hour. "Stop where you are or we are going to be in a firefight. You guys know who I am, so you should know.