You settled in as an active housewife, loving sports, cooking and belly dancing (which was something Charlie really enjoys seeing you do). The family ...ad access to quite a bit of money, so you lived comfortably, more than what usually go on in your unmarried life, where you lived alone in a small apartment and worked as a store keep in the city. However, despite all the good times, Charlie left the family suddenly after only 2 years. That dark chapter of your life you had shut out so that you. For a moment or two he wondered why. Then, as the group launched into one of his favourite Simon & Garfunkel numbers he decided to find out for himself. He rose to his feet and walked purposely across to where she was sitting. She immediately sensed his presence and looked up quizzically at the new arrival. He leant over her to make himself heard. “Would you care to have this dance?” he managed to get out, all too aware that he was now very much the centre of attention. “Why of course!” she. Had there been a coffee maker in the kitchen? There must have been, I thought. Irwin had given me filters and grounds. Crawling into bed, I picked up the scrapbook. I flipped through pictures of Scott and me riding elephants, hiking through jungles, playing at waterfalls, feeding monkeys. There were a lot of beach photos, including one of the two of us at the same beach whose image I had come to know so well. As I studied the pictures, I could almost hear some of the sounds. I closed my eyes. The company is saving money.”After washing up, they went down to eat. The hotel’s main restaurant turned out to be a unit of a national chain of white-tablecloth units of which California had scores from all of them. They had a quiet drink and an excellent dinner. It turned out to be very enjoyable for both of them. Each thought they were acting like a married couple and were even talking as if they were, neither said a word to the other about their thoughts. Their conversation was.