BromGods! I could not kill Ardy. He is not evil; he is just a poor, unfortunate soul born in to a crippled body. But, I could no sooner abandon the pl...n and endanger Brom.Just then Ardy opened the hatch and came in with my food and clean water. No! I need more time! I can't just take a life, even to save my own.Five minutes... I have five minutes to work up the courage to kill Ardy, or to sentence Brom and his friends to death.Wait! There may be another way. I greeted Ardy and then turned back. Finally, awakened at dusk, I turned from my bed-mate, and wriggled from our nest. I pulled the pistol from my boots, stepped into them, and pulled my trousers up, settling my belt around my waist. Shaking out my shirt, I drew it on myself, and buttoned it in a hurry. The warmth of sleep soon dissipated in the chill of a spring afternoon! Replacing my shoulder holster, I secured the handgun, and stooped to extract some food, water, and my alcohol stove from my pack.Emily had awakened, likely. Once we got to the hotel I grabbed my bag and hers and we walked to check in. We got out room keys and she grabbed her one bag. “I can walk that up for you.” “Thanks but you have been so nice already. I need some me time to relax and relieve my headache. I will see you at 6 so we can be on time for the dinner.” With that she smiled and touched her palm to my chest and walked ever incredibly away to her room. The red was back on my face and the older female attendant in the hotel lobby looked. We made it look and sound like a party. Ramesh arrived shortly after 8pm and I talked cricket with him for half an hour before Anesha arrived and Ali set about relaxing her. After another half hour when nobody else turned up because nobody else was invited, we decide to not exactly come clean but get it out in the open. “Looks like it’s just the four of us,”, I said. “Yeah, we’ve managed to throw a party and no one came. Except you two,” she said, raising her glass to Ramesh and Anesha.”.