I opened my door and put the key perfectly into the starter and got it in reverse. I pulled back as my dome light went dark and then pulled away as s...on as I could. In my mirror I saw the guard look over Don’s minivan hood to understand what was happening. I swerved right and left to prevent him from getting a good look at the license plate and then turned left and around the warehouse so he lost sight of me. I made it a block and saw Tameesha, still walking quickly, on her cell phone as. Nope, not even going to get anywhere near those. They don't exist, and that's the end of that.As you slowly walk around the room, you think back to just a few short weeks ago, when an e-mail caught your eye. Honestly, on any other day you probably would have simply deleted it as spam. An all-expenses paid blah blah blah? Sure, yea, whatever. It didn't ask for any money though, didn't ask for any information, not even your name. It did want him to read through some really long drawn-out paper,. " "Why don't you begin at the beginning?" said Coyote. He had aninkling that what he would hear would be familiar. "The beginnin'. Well, it's like this. Part of the order of nature isforests that don't get too big, and islands that don't appear outta nothin',and women mindin = their menfolk.Leastways around here. We're not quite as magical along the coastline as someo' you other folk. No offense." "None taken." "Well, inside o = one month,nature went out the window. The forest came down. Some were gold bugs like Caleb and Jackson. Some were vet’s, unwilling, or unable to deal with civilization. Others were distrustful of society and had moved off the grid. I rarely saw them, but I did see their tracks. In later years, when I stopped by Caleb and Jackson’s meadow to say hello, I would find coins or a sprinkle of gold dust on their markers. They may not have had a family, but they had friends. And sometimes that’s more valuable.I know you’re going to ask, what happen to Mary?.