“Yeah it is, just a little parched” I responded realizing I was sweating and flushed. “I think you need some water and to get out from under the...blankets” Allison handed me a glass of water and pulled the blankets off of me. “Ohhh” she said. “I umm I umm” I was so embarrassed and stuttering, but before I could finish Allison looked at me with a smile and said “It’s ok Maggie, I want the same thing as you”, confused and startled I said “What do you mean you want the same thing?” “Lately I have. Angela emerged fro the kitchen, carrying a beer. ‘Jason!’ she exclaimed. ‘How are you tonight?’ ‘To tell the truth, a little scared,’ he said, laughing nervously. ‘Oh, don’t be. You’ll do fine. Here. Drink.’ Angela handed him the beer. ‘Thanks.’ Jason took a long swig of the beer. The phone rang, and Angela excused herself to go answer it. She came back in a little bit and sat down. Eric and our mystery guest for you will be here shortly,’ Angela said. ‘We have dinner almost ready.’ ‘And it’s. " She pulled a form from under the desk and handed it to him along with a pen. "Just fill this out and bring it back to me. You can use that table right over there."A few minutes later, a new library card tucked into his new wallet, Luke sat down at the computer to set up an e-mail account on Yahoo, then try to get in touch with Errol. It'd been weeks, and the guy had probably completely forgotten about him. But maybe not; he seemed like a genuinely nice person.After Errol dropped him off, Luke. For me to lose myself... in the backwoods... The telephone rang.She decided to ignore it. Getting packed and leaving, as soon as she could was more important. Time might be running out on her, and she wasn't taking any chances.Betty Ballard was worried sick. She had hardly seen her husband for three days. He had come home in the early morning hours, either too tired or too drunk... crawled into bed and gone to sleep, completely ignoring her; then, he was up and gone again, before she could have.