“My time at the special hospital is fuzzy, but I’m starting to clearly remember the accident from the time Paula sped up to push the van out of th... way until they were putting me in the helicopter. I never passed out from the pain, I only got numb all over. They did give me something to help me sleep, but the nightmares are bad. I’m reliving it repeatedly. The worst part of the accident is hearing Paula’s bones cracking and watching her head flopping around, limply, from side to side. Whatever. .. Time: April 1, 8243My ramjet left Dalma promptly at 5:30 AM, ten minutes after sunrise. There had been no time to brief Dodi or Michal before departure, but they both seemed relaxed and happy and were enthralled watching the first rays of the sun sparkle across the blue Caribbean. I told them to enjoy the sights while they could. We were flying north and west to Dakar, and would land well before sunrise there and with the moon still well below the horizon.Such a strange three years, I. I accepted and we walked down to the end of the building. Reaching the cafeteria required stepping outside the classroom block. It was only a few feet, under a covered awning for when it rained, to a large building that was technically multi use. Except for the occasional assembly or school event, it was just the cafeteria for most of us.This time, we went back into the kitchen where the cooks served us directly onto our trays, and then I followed him back to a room I had never seen before. It. There was nothing amiss and I felt a little foolish. I opened the door and did a quick visual inspection before I disengaged the alarm.Liz was sitting primly in the passenger seat when I got back the sedan. She waited until I opened her door – positioning myself to shield Liz from anyone that might be hiding across the street just as I’d seen Ryan do two days earlier.She hustled to the house as I made sure the car was locked.Liz was shaking her head at me when I followed her in. She had already.