"Hey Babe; wha's up?"She knew it was Shawn even before she answered it."I'm on the bus headin' home." Where you comin' from?"She could hear the irrita...ion in his voice and tried to make light of it saying, "An appointment, nothin' serious, just routine stuff." Why didn't you call me, Babe? I could've given you a ride."She hated when he acted like this. It was like playing twenty questions, and she was in no mood to answer them--especially while riding on a bus full of strangers!"I didn't want. “Monty! Oh I’m so sorry. It’s been a crazy night is all. Like I said you caught me at a bad time. I wasn’t trying to be rude or anything. What do you need hun?” He had a way for calling at unusual times for something unusual. “I think you know what I want Ritty! Or at least I know what you want!” Her heart raced. Him. Was he the one that sent the photos? She looked down. They were all shot outside, or maybe... Her bedroom window was in all of them. She ran to her room and stopped at the door.. I grabbed my survival kit and comm unit and started off with a jogging pace towards the north. I did not stop for an hour and then I fell on my knees from exhaustion. I crawled under a rock outcropping that seemed to offer shelter from the harsh winds and cried myself to sleep, hugging my kit and praying that I would never wake up again.When I did wake up, I checked my chronometer by force of habit and realized I had slept for more than a day. The sun was at high noon in the sky, and the rocks. ”“Do you regret marrying Howard?”“Oh no, if I were not married to Howard I would be living with him as Rana is with you. Maybe I should divorce him and do that. I hate just being Mrs. Dr. Howard Aubuchon, wife and non-person otherwise, not to be desired or otherwise befriended by anyone else.”Their conversation was interrupted by sounds of laughter from both Rana and Howard on the floor with their books on roses. Howard was holding up a picture and Rana laughed as she snatched it from him and.