I gave up running and didn’t want to return to school, but mummy and daddy eventually persuaded me to. ‘Darling, what happened to you was appallin..., but you mustn’t let it ruin your whole life.’ That was easy to say, but it was not so easy to slough off the memory of what had happened to me, like a snake shedding its skin. I did return to school and of course the story of what had happened to me had got around. Everyone was very sympathetic – on the surface – but although I wasn’t exactly. I could tell he wasn’t wearing his pajamas. I could also see, sort of pointing in my direction, his legs. The other part of his body – the part between his waist and his legs – was blocked by Cody’s body. Cody was on his knees between Derek’s legs, which were spread wide open. All I could see of Cody was his muscular back, glistening from sweat in the bluish-white light. I couldn’t believe it. Well, I mean I knew what he was doing. After all, I’m eighteen, almost nineteen. But really, he was. “I’m concerned about us. I need you to be able to trust me with the truth.”“What if I want to protect you from the truth?”“Then I need you to trust me when I tell you that if the details surrounding Brad’s disappearance are in some digital format on some computer in the world that is online, I can find the truth myself. It might take me a couple of days, but I will find it. You can’t protect me from the truth, JR; all you can do is make learning it easier and more meaningful by sharing it with. ”Suzy spoke up, “Professor, you mentioned that you had been to Florida, looking for the skunk ape. Have you looked into the reports that have come from Kentucky and the other southern states?”“I’ve read some witness reports, but I haven’t had the chance yet, to do any in-depth investigations there.”“Well, I can tell you from personal experience, don’t bother. All of the reports that come from that area are bogus. They are warnings from moonshiners to keep kids out of the area when they are.