" Cyrus added. "Assuming these people have boats of any kind, they would wind up on the islands close enough to see from the mainland. Even if all tha... happened was that they got blown there by the wind and the tide."Lets not speculate too much in advance of actual knowledge. Lets go see Rome!" I said.The display switched smoothly to a still shot of an area of small buildings and roads."Can we get live video from this platform?" Arden asked."I'm sorry Arden" Con said. "What we have been looking. It was pushing two weeks since he left Amarillo; he, Buck, and Buddy the pack horse had covered a better than 20 miles a day. Dillon hadn't pushed the animals too hard; he wasn't in a hurry. About every third day, he'd ride Buddy and let Buck take it 'easy' carrying the pack saddle and gear.One reason he had been able to make 20 miles a day, day after day, was that he'd followed the Santa Fe Trail most of the way from Amarillo. The Trail wasn't like a road but was easy going because of the. ..”“And?”“And, I guess you’re an escort.”“Right, and what are all the other names for an escort?”“Uhmmm, you mean like courtesan?”“Keep going. Get to unkind ones.”“Call girl? Prostitute?”“How about whore?”“I don’t think of you that way,” Margo insisted, her crying easing up as she spoke.“But that’s what I am and do. Mike doesn’t seem to mind. Why should YOU think you’re unworthy if I deserve those labels? You’re smart, beautiful, sexy, and one of the most desirable women I know.”“Because...”. " Hmm okay, we're just going to be studying," I reply."I hope you're right," she says so softly I almost didn't hear her.Driving over to our study session I kept trying to figure out what shemeant, eventually I just ended up thinking she was talking about me andhiding my secret.Arriving at Alicia's about 10 minutes early, her parents welcomed me inand told me how much they appreciated me helping her with Algebra. Nowdon't get me wrong Alicia is a pretty smart girl, from our previous.