He turns to look at me. "Listen, I have to go coach the camp basketball game against our rivals. It's an away game, so I wont be back until tomorrow e...ening" I looked up at him in shock, almost wanting to cry. I was really hoping to spend some more quality time alone with Mr. Adams, and this sudden change of plan left me feeling dejected. "The code is 3252, you're welcome here anytime, even if I'm not around," he smiles down at me gently. "My home is your home. Just wait out here for a second. Let him eat his lunch in peace," Said Ellie. She had never liked to be teased and she felt for others who had it directed at them."OK how about we go swimming down by the dock after a nap, say about an hour?" asked Sam."OK but I want to clean up first so I don't have to face this when I get back," said Ellie."I'll help you Aunt Ellie that way it won't take as long," Said Jamie."Thank you Jamie let's get to it, then we can lie down for a little bit before our swim."Jamie and Aunt Ellie were. “At least they’d know they were still looking for a living person,” I said. “But you wouldn’t be able to help them find the body if the person was dead. That would be sad.”“I didn’t think of that,” he said. “You’re right. I’d know right away if they were dead, and I’d have to tell all those loved ones the bad news. Maybe I wouldn’t want to work that way.”I imagined him arriving somewhere, and fearful parents holding out a photograph. It would be difficult to make it go any differently than:. And himself. The months of seemingly endless preparations had taken its toll on both of them. But that preoccupation had one advantage, he thought to himself: it occasionally took his mind off dwelling too much on the wedding night! But the ceremony was beautiful, despite his jitters. And the reception! He’d never danced and talked so much in one day. Mike wasn’t much of a talker. But having everyone who mattered to them in one room made him rise to the occasion. Though he joked to Rosa at one.