‘Not really, Ma’am,’ he said. ‘This is just a flesh wound, Officer York was taken to County before you got here.’ ‘How is he?’ she asked... ‘Haven’t heard, Ma’am. Ah, listen, I’ve got to get some basic information for the burglary report. You’ll need our service number for your insurance claim as well. I’ll need to move from room to room and get an inventory from you of the stuff these guys tried to take.’ ‘Do we have to do this today?’ the woman asked. ‘Yeah, ‘fraid so. Won’t take too long if we. I was walking away from the usual track through some dense bush where u find a rock face deep within the scrub. I could see human movement and what looked to be two guys. Both tall and muscular, one was strawberry blonde wearing a purple check open shirt blue tank, and denim cut-offs, with thongs. The other was African-American cause I could him talking, wearing a loose yellow tank, and high cut blue drawstring swimmers. I remained on the other side of some thickets unseen, I could see directly. Emily hadn’t wanted one and had stayed back at the blankets but Karen had wanted one and had walked to the car park still topless, much to the delight of the ice cream van man.Matt and I had held back a bit but as the numbers waiting to get served diminished Matt got his wallet out and gave me a £10 note then said,“You get them please Penny, I’ll have a 99.”I was feeling a bit brave so I took the money and stepped forward. When the ice cream van man saw me I saw his eyes go wide open and then. Mom, she had a hysterectomy and didn’t tell me.”“Oh, Mike! You think ... Mike, it’s not your fault.”“I failed her,” I sighed. “I shouldn’t have just walked away last Saturday.”“Mike, listen to me! What Jocelyn did was because of her, not you!”I took a deep breath, “I know, but still...”“Is Becky with you?”I looked around and saw her sitting in a chair by the entrance.“Yes.”“What do you plan to do?”“I don’t know. I doubt they’ll let me see Jocelyn. Mr. Mills said she’s on a ventilator, and they.