.." Just then Rick heard the characteristic sound of the pay phone collecting its initial deposit.Before the connection was broken Rick yelled into th... receiver, "Susan, I'm on the fortieth floor. Please come up immediately. Please!" The connection clicked off and he did not know if she had heard him or not.Rick immediately called the reception desk on the floor. Although he didn't even know the receptionist's name, he did know she was like Cerberus at the gate. No one ever got past her. She. - Alright, Phillip. Find a convenient place and we will camp for the day.-- Actually, Sir, I think we already found it. There’s a structure right here where we could find shelter.-- Let’s see.-He got off the cabin, and, eager to get down and stretch our legs, we promptly joined him. The air was already starting to feel hot, and my clothes were already sticky with sweat. We were in a kind of plateau, at the feet of a rocky hill with sparse vegetation; the boy pointed to what appeared to be a. Maneuvering his skiff directly over the wreck, he 'line of sight'ed the lighthouse and old Baldy to the north and the abandoned firetower on the south shore dunes.'If I'm not gone long, I'll remember.'David's thought was Mr. Anderson and his inner tubes. The trip back was a lot faster than the putt putt out.Old man Anderson had quite the collection of truck inner tubes. Old, patched and big, he loaned them to the kids in town to use in the summer as floats and in the winter for the snow covered. But I had to find out what I truly wanted. To be totally sure, because I knew if I screwed up and went back on my word, then it would break your heart and we’d be finished. Be finished forever.”The woman who’d hurt me so much, the woman who was my soul mate and best friend reached across and grasped my hand. “That’s why I needed to be sure, that’s why it took so long. But now I’m sure. After all the ups and downs, all the games, all the distractions, I’m sure I know what I really want, honey..