"'In other words, ' I thought, 'you want to see your new toys.' But I simply smiled and let him lead me up to the house and the main lounge there. Onc... inside the luxuriously furnished room, he closed all the doors before drawing the curtains. Being who he was, he didn't need to lock them - no-one would dare to come into the room now. "Okay, Carol, let's take a peek, shall we?"Trying to smile, I gingerly eased my T-shirt off over my head and, since that was all I was wearing on my upper body,. I did talk to them once I’d finished eating and I was eating my desert; chocolate chip cookies.“I did a little reconnaissance while I was out getting us water,” I told them in a matter of fact manner. “Regardless of which way we look at it, we’ve got to ford water on our trek across the plateau to the cave system I want to check out. In fact, we’ll probably have to do it more than once before we get where I want to go. I’ve decided that we’ll head south in the morning and cross the creek we. Thinking about the incident behind the ride his mind shifts to Victoria. There is just something about her that he cannot quite put his finger on. Whatever it is must be why Judy is in love with her so much. He frowns as he stares at the ceiling. I could fall in love with her too. He chuckles at the thought and wonders what Kennedy would have to say to that. She would be floored to know I could fall for someone that didn’t remind me of mother. With a smile on his face, he closes his eyes and. The ride to the hospital was fast and furious. Once there the Marshalls led Duncan to a private room. A private room that had a guard in front of it Duncan saw. William was heavily bandaged but wide awake and appeared nearly frantic."William, what in the world happened?" Duncan, please, you've got to save her. Some man waylaid us as we were getting in the van after going out to picnic in the park. It was someone Deirdre knew. Another Immortal I guess. He just stepped out of the shadows and said.