.. noticing earlier. The moment the sliding glass door opened, they fell silent, though still looking directly at one another, and not at me even as I...approached. In silence, I poured each one of us a drink, and then offered them both a smoke. Joy declined, but Cynthia accepted one as I held the lighter for her. She took a deep drag on the cigarette, coughed, and took another."Ten years," she said dragging on it again, taking a sip of her Scotch and then crushing the smoke out on the tabletop. .yes sir, I'm David...' He asked '...you know Daniel and Charlie...', my heart skipped a beat as I started to nod my head again, but quickly stopped and answered '...yes sir, I know them...' His reply terrified me greatly '...they gonna be gone for awhile and asked me to look after you, my names Gilbert, I stay in that corner house. Monday when you get out of school you come and tap on that back window. And you better not break it. I don't want to have to come looking for you either...' He. Farmers and herdsmen still returned to tend fields or watch animals graze. At the far end of the valley was Shay Keep and an old city built out of stone.I would have to go to one side and up and over a pass. I stayed out of the fields and led the mule through the forest. I carried a long bow and war arrows, the nobles no longer worried about poachers. I waded across the shallows of the valley river and continued north. It was evening when I walked out of the forest.Before me in a clearing. I sighed in relief and whispered under my breath "thank god" as the man walked around and took a seat beside me on the sofa. He reached down and took hold of my arm "lets get you up" i clumsilly pushed myself up onto the sofa beside him and placed my bare feet on the table. I watched in confused silence as he picked up my laptop and placed it on the table in front of us and began to type.CUNTHUNTER : you made it.Lolly : i did indeedCUNTHUNTER : try the facebook.I looked sideways at the man and.