“Nothing, Mark. They came from Durango. They had money. I don’t know, the kids moving away from friends, downsizing to a smaller house. I think th...t they have money problems. It’s just sad. It was odd timing, you know? With the kids, I mean. They called Julie their miracle baby. They thought that they couldn’t have kids and adopted Ted and Wendy. Ages didn’t matter. They wanted the kids that needed them the most. Then Maria found out she was pregnant and their family got a little larger. And. Her two little fists bunched up under her chin, as if to hid behind her hands. Her grip on the towel was now compromised and one half of it came loose. Like a wrapper on a candy bar the towel opened up down one side, peeling its way around her. She was a tangle of fingers and hands, and she couldn’t control it. So she just let it fall in order to find the corners and pull it back up. She raised her head and looked at me with a nervous smile. eyebrows raised, her eyes darted around. I looked. What if I get caught? I ask myself… think of the shame. You won’t get caught… it’ll be fun! I’m in a dilemma. I toss a coin – tails. I go. I catch a bus to Yarmouth, a ferry to Lymington and two trains to Bournemouth. A group of school c***dren board the train. I imagine them singing: We know where you’re going, we know where you’re going!’ I get a grip of myself. I get closer to my dirty destination. My excitement… and anxiety increase. What if I suffer a heart attack? I visualise the. Tai at first wondered if he had jumped at all. Tai turned his head and saw the plane in the background. It slowly dawned on him that he had in fact jumped. A rush of adrenaline filled his body. This was what he lived for. Time moved back to normal speed. He moved himself down to the others and held Kayla’s hand and she winked at him. He smiled at the sensation.As he fell the feeling of adrenaline began to leave him. He realised that what he was doing was not special. Several people had done.