Why?' Mickey said as she sobbed and sobbed."I can't describe the emotion I felt at that second. Frustration and anger swirled together perhaps. I blam...d myself and Lindie for our fourteen year-old love and then I didn't. Confusion set into my head.Quickly I realized, there was nothing I could do to change the past and what Lindie's family had done to her and our daughter. Like Lindie had told me. I had to let it go or it would burn a hole in me. All I could do was take a deep breath and let out. "Cool!" sighed Sandy."How... ?" Anna started. I just gave her my best teenaged shrug as we continued on down the slight incline. As we walked, I searched for the source of the light, but could see nothing. No bulbs, no fixtures, nothing. It was as if the light was just there.Thanks to the ambient lighting, our flashlights were now superfluous. When we entered the cavern, the debris from their hurried removal of the gold from their cases had left a huge mess. I immediately began collecting the. I'm not a tired old man like you are."He pulled the blankets down and swatted me on the butt. It stung and I reached back to rub it."Yeah, it'll sting about like that."He dug around in his bag. I was watching, wondering what he was up to."You'd better turn around and bury your face in the pillow. You don't want to see this. I told you it was gross. Do you want me to try and find a bullet for you to bite on?"I laughed. "No. I think I'll be OK without the bullet." I pushed my face into the. ”“I suppose that’s true,” she said. “But talking to me instead of yelling at me would have been a better option, don’t you think?”“Bethany got on my case about that and you’re both right. I did get a bit emotional and I did fly off the handle. I’m sorry about that.”“Apology accepted. How’s Kara doing?”“Not so well,” I sighed. “I sort of bluntly told her to snap out of it yesterday, and might have actually done way more harm than good.”“Jesus, Steve! And you got on my case for calling her?”“I.