I was about to exit the main gate the following morning, and was stunned to see a crowd of people, news trucks, and cars all over the place. Local pol...ce were out trying to control the crowd and keep the road clear.Well, I knew logically that this would happen, but it was still disconcerting to see it. I knew I was in for a rough few days or even weeks. I turned around, and drove back home. There was no way I was going to make it to the office today.After I got back home, I called the office.. Somehow, when he had stepped through that doorway in Whit's apartment, they had left the planet. And the kicker was that with that portal gone, they had no way of getting back ... to Earth. Well, no direct way, at least. They were effectively stranded here—wherever "here" was, exactly. Which was actually a very good starting question to ask. So, he did."So if we're not on earth, where are we?" You are on Crossroads." And that is another world—another planet like earth?"Elizabeth hemmed and. Mike is at the wheel as we laugh and get our buzz on going down the highway.I start to doze off,from the long ride.Finally I can no longer hear the radio and I have drifted off into tranquility.My friend has been drinking a little too much. The conversation between she and Mike become very sexual. My friend starts to get turned on from the conversation. She cracks the window to let the summer wind blow inside. The wind feels like a soft caress against her body. She begins to lift her dress up. The one most affected was the religious minded Aggie who was willing to offer any use of her physical body to a higher service and in accord with decent behavior. She knew that the family expected her to be part of their "close family relations" activities but saw that as nothing more than family loyalty and a generous giving of love inside the family. It was far better to be a McGregor woman and part of a close-knit clan than to fall victim to the sinning ways of infidelity and promiscuous.