"So, I'm not even sure what my name is or when I was born."I didn't quite finish my Junior year in High School this year because that's when my friend...and I ran away."I wound up on the beach here and well, you know the rest." Wow," said Maggie. "That's quite a confusing story." That's the first time I've heard that one," I said."But," I continued, "We will have to get you registered for school here. I think they have a Home Study program for Islanders where a Tutor visits once a week to monitor. I would be unable to confide in my closestfriends, I was just another stranger, someone who was worse than dead,someone that they never knew. That's what got me, I tried to hold thetears back, but they began falling uncontrollably and softly on theblanket. It continued for several moments, until saw Otto begin to stir,then eventually make his way out of the bed and to my side of the room.And without a word he took my small weeping form into his strong arms,picking me up and sitting on the bed,. He pulled it up tight. Ronnie took a narrow something out of a dish of water, it had a ring on one end and an adjustable end on the other. Ronnie and Jimmy fastened it onto the belt at the back. I could feel the wetness running down my ass cheeks as Jimmy reached between my legs and passed the adjustable end to Buddy. He took the end and pulled brought it up to the D ring at the front of my belt. It reminded me of wearing a pad. I didn’t panic for that reason until Buddy started to pull it. I was never that enthusiastic about fishing before, but now that our next meal depends on it... I need sustainable food — something I can store and certainly something more than blueberries.Her mind turned to Phillip’s leg. I’ve always heard that most breaks are fully healed in six weeks, and that’s what the first aid instructor said too. But ... most isn’t all. I don’t have a doctor to X-ray Phillip’s leg and tell me when it’s healed, so I’ll have to err — as they say — on the side of caution..