After scanning the area for signs of other predators I deemed myself reasonably safe and waited. I’m not sure how long it took, it felt like half an... hour but could have easily been minutes, but finally, I heard a commotion coming from down the cave. I scrambled up onto the surface before running southeast back towards the first hole I had come up from. And so the game was on. I spent the next hour or two working my strategy in the three areas I had chosen. At one point she got close, really. Strangely I didn’t feel nervous that night I was just happy that I’d finally get to meet this person I’d been talking to for so long – although I half expected him to stand me up for some spurious reason so I wasn’t getting my hopes up too much. The next day the nerves still hadn’t kicked in, we talked in the morning and as I was on the drive there (yes I know you shouldn’t use your phone and drive at the same time, but if I stuck to that rule I’d never speak to anyone!), and when I arrived I. I don't want to go back with him to our room. This is why I was divorcing the asshole. He has beat me and slapped our kids around more times than I can count. He went to anger management classes and convinced me to go on this cruise as a last ditch chance to save our marriage." "You can stay with us," I told her putting my arm around her. "Look you’re cut," Linda commented looking at my knuckles. "I was a nurse. Get the first aid kit and I will help bandage your wounds." "Help Ann first…. I looked at the knife and grabbed it. I knew I could heal but I had to remove the knife and that was going to hurt just as much as when it went in.Moving away from where Russ lay, I hunkered down between two cars. I thought about Sally and Lady Reynolds. My thoughts didn't go unanswered. I could feel Sally worrying for me, feel the motion of the car as she drove. They were away and hopefully safe.Still gripping the knife, I focused. I tried to remember what I had been doing when I had been.