...I....." It's OK darling, It's OK," soothed Harriet."No. No it's not" replied William, finally able to form coherent words.He stood. Evidently havin... determined to act."I have to go away." Where darling, when?" I have to go away tonight, and I can't tell you where. Oh, Harriet, I'mso sorry, but I can't tell you."He had now begun to walk away. Harriet followed, panic beginning to risewithin her."I have new work, somewhere......somewhere else."William now had his coat and picked up his car. He will most likely die of it and his wife and children will beforced to beg or worse. My father is charitable and gives what he can,outworn clothes from his customers that he has mended, and my mothergives food, when there is some to spare, but it is not enough. Thom isbut one of many in need.? Pausing and looking sadly at the King, Elisseapologized, ?I hope that you do not find me to be disrespectful, YourMajesty. I know only of my one village, which is of little importancecompared to the. We haven’t done anything that is really much to worry about, so why should you worry about what you have done?”“So,” she said, “I scratch your back and you’ll scratch mine?”“I think we could say ‘These are not the droids you’re looking for’ don’t you? And I really am sorry about the...”“Yes,” she said crisply, “I don’t think we need worry about that.” And she stood up, pulled her pants on and did up her jacket.We passed the office and she said, “I’ll write a report that will show that there is. What I didn’t know was the devastating effect the decisions I made that afternoon would change life forever. At the party I was determined to be the one they’d remember. . .the bombshell! Little did I know how I would be. . . . drinking hard liquor was new to me and I engaged in it with the gusto reserved for the very foolish. It was when Ben came up to me and suggested that we go somewhere and smoke some pot. Here was what I came for and along with trying pot for the first time, I was prepared.