They had made it.The lake looked to be a mile wide, the far shore perhaps not quite that far away. Thick woodlands covered the shore, interrupted now ...nd then by what looked like small streams feeding its waters.In the middle, lay an island.It was small. Tree covered. In its center, a gleaming white tower rose. It looked round, no windows visible. Maybe they all faced north, towards the sun. Felek let out a breath he felt he had been holding since the day they had left Fort Buffalo.Ruta had not. Ami= seta ami jani na , tobe emon kichu karun jate maa k ami r apni dujonei chud te pari. Gj= ok ami bhebe dekchi. Er par maa chole elo , r guru ji pujo te boslo, Gj= apnar hat ta dekhi.Maa= ki dekhlen. Gj= ghor bipod apnar sane,Maa= mane khule bolun amar ki hoyeche, babu(maa amak babu bale) ki chollage e jete parbe na. Gj= nana apnar sidur e problame. Maa= plz khule bolun. Gj=apnar husbent er mrittu jog ache agami 30 dine. Maa= ki bolchen, (maa puro kadte kadte ) plz kichu karun plz.Gj= ami. But he had the wrong war. He moved closer to the front fighting the crowds all the way and threw a last piece of advice at me before disappearing, "Take all the time you need son. God knows you've earned it."Maybe he was right about the whole flashback thing because as they announced her name and she stepped off the plane I had one.Flashback8 years ago I was 16 years old. I was going to a party in Connie Hollister's Barn. My date Jill Monroe had just introduced me to a girl. "Rob, this is my. We did talk more and texted each other on occasion but still never went out together besides lunch during work breaks. Eventually Vanessa asked me if I wanted to hang out outside of work sometime. Now I rarely fraternized with people from work, usually keeping work and my social life mostly separate but I said sure, and while we didn’t make plans, we both agreed sometime if we got bored we could go out for a drink or dinner or something. One night, we were both closing the store. It was a.