I had to knock at the door of my own room to get in and be greeted by Angie. She stood back in horror as she saw my disheveled state. My shirt was cov...red in blood and my uniform would definitely have to go to the cleaners before it was wearable again.I explained what had happened, and after a quick bath and getting into my pyjamas Angie and I were soon in bed in a long clinch. I was so glad to see her. I needed her badly as the reaction to the night's events set in. I felt very nervous. I. Elsie actually giggled, but just a little."What you did, Mick—it was too much. Too much for me to live with. I knew that someday you'd get out. I knew that you would come home to me, to your wife, your loving wife, the wife that let you take the fall for what she had done."I knew too, that every single day of our life together after that, that I would have to live with what had happened to you in that awful place, the place you'd saved me from. There was not the slightest doubt in my mind that. He sits on the blanket entranced by the movement under her shirt as she gets the lunch she had packed out. Sitting in the comfortable forest silence they eat lunch. As it starts to rain, He gets a mischievous look on his face, takes off his clothes, putting them in a bag to keep them dry and runs into the water calling out “Last one in is a rotten egg” tauntingly. His wife laughs, wondering if the 13 year old buried in her husbands psyche will ever go away. Standing up she makes certain her. Amber's reaction was to smile and spoon closer up against her. I had no doubt that she would be ready to join us shortly.Lizzy faded in across from me and hesitated just long enough to recognize the setting before she launched herself into my arms, kissing me repeatedly as tears started running down her cheeks. The only way to catch my breath was to hug her so close she couldn't reach my face."Hi," I said. "I missed you too." Oh, Jimmy," she whispered softly through the sobs. "I love you so.