No television. No chocolate. No ice cream. My eyes began to tear at the thought of no ice cream. I burst into tears when I thought of no ice cream and...hot fudge with nuts and whipped cream. Oh Lord, get me out of here! I don’t know how long I mourned everything I had lost, but when I was finally through sobbing, I was exhausted. Stumbling over to the bed, I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. I woke to someone shaking my shoulder lightly. ‘My lady,’ they whispered. I opened my eyes. Morgan handed out clusters, so that everyone can sit in groups. I'll have my people beside, in front and behind me," she said.I nodded as we made our way to the aisles. Jason was standing at the entrance to the first row waiting for me. "Dude, what was Flannel Pants doing here?" I guess he is watching the show. Bad news he wants us in his office at nine tomorrow. He's now the Principal," I said as I slipped past him.I made my way down the aisle and to my seat. Ashley was sitting to my right.. I was taken in and x-rayed and declared as well as could be expected underthe circumstances in less than thirty minutes and when I tried to tell Amythat if I had gone into a British hospital at that time of night I would probablystill have been there the following day she just didn't believe me and neitherdid the Yellow Cab driver whose vehicle we were in at the time and who, unlikeBlack Cab drivers in London, didn't seem to have an opinion on everything inthe whole wide world. * I shifted a. ” She stopped abruptly. “I mean, we call all non-islanders that….anyway, you outsiders…you don’t understand what WE know.” “I don’t care what I don’t know and what you know. But I know that I am used as a sperm bank…..Wait! Where are all your men? I have not seen any old women, neither kids nor men!” Pharomé stopped and she sat down on a moss-covered stone besides the path. Her eyes were filled with tears, which glittered in the morning light. When she looked up to me, one drop ran down her.