”“When are we going to Boston to sort out things?” Alana asked me, “I am so excited. Can we stay an extra day to see some sights?”“Next we...kend, we can go house hunting. And I would love an extra day with you.”“Are you also moving to Boston, Clay?” Carlita asked, looking a little lost.“We are, once you leave for university. I would have nothing here anymore.”“Will there be room for me, Clay?” Carlita asked. Her anxiety was filtering through and I knew that it was because I seemed to have given. The team spent almost five weeks working their way across Viet Nam, Laos and into Thailand. Grady and Cory bluffed their way into the country, claiming they had been sent into Laos and were just now returning. They had even doctored up some orders to that effect before they left Nam. The rest of the team infiltrated past the border guards, not less than five hundred feet from the border post, just to prove that they could still do it. Cory had the men go into hiding while he and Grady when to. ..???? She couldn't remember! Whatever it was that happened to the chosen ones was starting to happen to her. She couldn't remember what she did in the village. She couldn't remember where she lived in the village. She could remember the festivals. Dozens and dozens of festivals were very clear in her mind, but she could remember nothing else. She recognized people in the crowd, but could place them nowhere else but here, at the festivals.Something within the cube must be draining her of her. Her make-up was simple and sensible, as was her jewelry and her nails. Nothing flashy about her. She stuck out her hand and I shook it. "Do come in," she said, flashing me an unexpectedly dazzling white smile."You have a lovely smile," I told her."Thank you," she said, "They're brand new. When my dentist told me it was finally time for me to get dentures, I told him I've always wanted really white, straight teeth. He warned me against them, said they wouldn't look natural, but I just love.