The kids won’t repeat something random?”“They won’t. How are you?”“OK at the moment. Did Liz tell you why she sent me home?”“Yes. I th...nk I’m the only one who knows besides Liz and anyone you’ve told. Does that include Joyce and your dad?”“They don’t know, either. I’m keeping this close to the vest for the moment, I think I messed myself up with the trip to South America - changed sleeping patterns and not following my diet the way I should have. The recovery period was a lot longer than usual,. I make short. Okay?” “Okay,” I said. She dialed a number and after a few seconds I could hear the female voice on the other line was agitated. After less than a minute, she disconnected. “My mother just found out I am not home and she very worried.” “I can understand that. What did you tell her?” “That I would call her when you take me ashore so she can pick me up with car.” “You live here?” I asked. “No, we’re on vacation, but we stay at friends with car.” “Where are you from?” I asked.. Audra quickly calmed down after we were in the air but two squabbling pre-teens in the seats behind us made it impossible to rest. Landing in Denver, an airport I had never been to before, added a touch of anxiety as we had only 25 minutes to deplane, run halfway down a concourse to catch the airport subway, ride it to a different concourse where we had to run halfway down a different concourse to our departure gate. Then after finally making it on time we found out that our flight was delayed. Jeremy lowered the binoculars, the smile widening on his face to a lecherous grin. “I do believe that I may need to pay those campers a visit about their fire.” Within minutes, his truck was bouncing along in the general direction of perilously made fire. He hopped out when he spotted a flash of color against the green backdrop, and made his way towards it on foot. The thick trunks of the redwood trees cleared slightly as the creek came into view. The dancing fire was the only movement that he.