Her face was firm and tough, likely from years on the street. She was probably six feet tall and must have weighed close to 200 pounds.“The wedding ...ing too, sugar,” she said as she pointed toward my left hand with the knife.“No, please not my wedding ring,” I begged. “I’ll give you anything else, but please don’t take the ring.” The ring had been my grandmothers and the value while substantial was dwarfed by my sentimental attachment to it.“Anything huh,” my attacked said with a smirk as she. "Ok Wesley, let's go and wash up all that dust and shit off of us."Simon asked. A few minutes later the boys walked out of the oceanand picked up the goodies they found and walked back to the camp site."So the explorers have returned, did you find anything." Ron asked."Well not much, we found some nails and some more coke bottlesand these books." Jackson said as he held up some dirty books up in the air."I'll take those as you are too young to look at nude women."Ron giggled. "We already. There was no race, so I spent the afternoon playing with the kids. Samantha arrived at 5:30pm as planned, knocking on the back door. Abbie let her in and brought her to the kitchen where I was preparing dinner.“You cook, too?” Samantha asked from the doorway.I smiled, wiped my hands on a towel, and walked over to her. We exchanged a soft kiss and she sat on one of the stools at the island while I continued working on dinner.“I used to do almost all the cooking, but now it’s mostly on weekends. He turned around, and vanished as her arms twined around him. She woke screaming and shaking, and she could hardly even remember what had happened in her dream. All she knew was that she was alone again, and her angel would never be back to save her again. She began to cry and soon Kayle was back, just as she’d always been, sitting by her without a word. Serena hugged her in thanks and began to sob louder, half-relieved to have someone to share her burden. Kayle sat and held her as she sobbed.