I was excited to hear some poetry since a bit of art always gets excites me. We got our coffee and had a seat at the table. As the night rolled on we ...made intellectual banter while listening to the poets read their work. I lost count of how many poems I heard until the coffee house owner stood up and announced that John would be reading something special for a special lady. To say that there were butterflies in my stomach would be a huge understatement. John took the stage and looked deep. “Really? I thought they would have taught firing guns and fighting?”, I commented.“Well yes, obviously. But there was no point in Sandhurst teaching us officers how to be good leaders if we were going to be bamboozled by simple things like changing a tyre. Saved my bacon once too. If I didn’t know how to get a car engine started, I’d probably be dead.”“Cool”, I said, then thought twice about it. “Well, not cool, but ... you know.” Dan and Harry were laughing at me.“No, you’re right it wasn’t. .. the period in which you were both captives." As I spoke it occurred to me that I had all but accepted Lauren's perception of this event as real — or, at least, real to her. And if it was real to her, I needed to know if it was just as real to this woman, or if her recollections would reveal another facet of this puzzle.Lauren nodded. "That's OK. I'm just happy at the idea of having someone else with us that knows I'm not crazy. But..." She looked away before continuing in a smaller voice,. Right i will just have to get out and see if i can get a lift by a passing car was standing there for about 10 mins when a car pulled up and he asked if i was all right i told him that my car died and i had to get to town he said he was not going to town but he would get me near if i wanted so i said ok and got in and could see him looking me over he was not bad looking him self. so we started to talk and he asked were i was going all dressed up and i told him i was meant to be meeting and old.