Let's go upstairs." No!" screamed John frantically in Deborah's ear. "Stay on the line, darling." Ummmmm, I will." She answered her husband before tel...ing her lover, "No Martin, do me here, in the kitchen … now … right now!"Martin tried again. "Come on Deb, come up to bed. It's much better in bed."Deborah was emphatic. "No … it's right here … or not at all." For Christ's sake, you two are sick puppies," Martin told Deborah, annoyed. He wanted to enjoy her body in bed again, just like that night. How could he not believe her? He did love her more than life itself and knowing she cared for him made his existence complete. ‘You are talking about the baby right?’ ‘Of course. I am ready, and as soon as you feel the time is right we should do it. It is mean and cruel of you to tease me this way by making me hold off. ‘ He knew she was joking but there was a hint of seriousness in what she said He couldn’t bring himself to bring up Jason or the trips to Aunt Harriet. He was afraid if he said. I don't like the woods, Alys whimpers and sides up to me. Can't we stay out in the light? she turns her big dark eyes on Diana.We'll stay to the edge, Diana folds. Catherine grunts her agreement from the back of the line.I nod in agreement as well.After that, the day is much the same as the first. Diana walks up front. The girls and I talking and Catherine in the rear. A brief stop for lunch and some planning. And then more walking. Diana takes longer this evening to find us a camp. She claims. Maybe we're all growing up? Maybe, she decided, it's because of all the guests – we all like them and none of us want to behave badly. I guess that's growing up.Ben and Dillon had gotten into a good-natured argument about which training was tougher, and Lenore came down heavily on Dillon's side. "Ben," she said, "I've seen what they do to those boys on a public beach. It's cruel, and it's designed to break the spirit. The ones that make it through all that ... they can count on to be.