Running Eagle looked at her with her emotionless Indian eyes that just reflected her image and she had absolutely no inkling what the girl's thoughts ...really were. The fact that they had both managed to stay alive with the hunting party on their tail attested to the skills they both possessed and she knew she was lucky to have the pretty and fit female at her side to have her back in a tight situation.Zelda was cautiously optimistic about their chances of escaping the hunters. She knew they. "Hmm, good point. Maybe we should just ask them to stay over." The expression on my face had Beth giggling all the way downstairs.We sat around, talked and watched a movie and then it was time for the celebration. We watched the ball drop in New York, sang Auld Lang Syne and spent some time guessing what the new year would be like.About one-thirty Greg stood up, "Well, I suppose it's time we headed out." He didn't sound real thrilled at the thought."That doesn't make any sense," Beth responded,. She whispered in my ear the same words she said before I gave her to Jon a few months before: “Thank you.” I needed to catch my plane and I was late.The ReportThe day after I returned from Berlin, Julien, as agreed, told me about the previous days with Christine. “For the first evening I hired a Mercedes limo with a private passenger compartment, fully sealed off from the driver except for an intercom. I was dressed in Hugo Boss pinstripes, white shirt, and black tie; appropriate for the very. We had close relationships with many neighbors, but none more so close as we got to Fontana and Eli. Being next door neighbors you tend to know EVERYTHING about them, and they us, and we always shared life's victories and defeats, many times over too much alcohol.Unfortunately, my marriage with Linn didn't last to our 35th Anniversary. Linn had a mid-life crisis of sorts after a breast cancer scare. After 3 rounds of chemo-therapy that seemed to take care of the dreaded disease she lost her.