”“Why don’t you...”She liked my suggestion and called home.She put it on speaker, “Hi Mom. I’m home!”“That’s good news, we were goin...g to go down there to see you this afternoon. You weren’t supposed to be out till like Wednesday or Thursday?”“I know, I healed very fast.” Linda grimaced, not knowing what else to say. “I’ve actually been home since Friday afternoon.”There was silence as Iris was stunned. “They really rushed you out of there. Are you sure you’re okay?”“Yes, Jamie’s friend is a. He also gave me 100 of the special paper cartridges it used and a bullet mold. I already knew all about how to make the cartridges, since I had been doing that for years.I was ready to go by the time it was hard dark, so I left my pa, never to see him again, and headed West. Actually, I traveled south for 12 miles until I came to the main road leading west. There was a town here and I bought the stuff I needed that Pa had not been able to give me. I used a little bit of the money he had given. “Have fun, Dennis,” the kind of thing your folks always say.Her new game was on her coffee table.“Two players holding it doubles its magical power,” said the instructions“What power?”She suspended an arrowhead from two crossed rods. “How it knows where to point, like I told you.”“I see.” When you’re junior by one year, five months and eleven days, you don’t want to appear dumb.“Like this,” offering me one side of the rods. “Hold it loose so it can go somewhere,” and then in her most-solemn. "Ça n’a pas été Madame ?" Si si, c’était très bon. C’est juste que je n’ai pas faim ce soir."Martin’s plate wasn’t empty either."I can’t eat more tonight," he said. "It’s a very late dinner for me."They hadn’t rushed. They had been very social, conversing in a very mastered, friendly tone. They hadturned down dessert but had had coffee and were now walking quietly to their room.She started to feel a bit nervous again as they reached the door. He had the key and opened it, went first in.She.