He drove rapidly into the fast approaching darkness. ‘Where?’ popped in his mind. ‘You will know.’ He drove on. Hours. It began to get light,... he followed the endless white line, seeing no one. Then a flashing red light, he dropped down through the gears, the change of the engine tone almost a relief from the hours wide open. ‘Hello.’ came a female voice. She hopped in the passenger door, smiled. He looked her up and down, soft, her breasts obvious under the thin material of the top she wore.. “I’m very tired. I will do my best to be awake when you get back.”“You better be, wife. No telling what sharks may be in the water down there.”“No shark bites are allowed,” she said. “I will be checking you closely for them.I left and headed downstairs alone. I found and did my exercises trying to extend them all a few reps, which I carefully accomplished without overdoing or hurting myself. I walked from there to the pool... “Michael ... join us?”I turned and it was Jen Chapman and Tracy. I was on my way to safety. Away from both of them. I was only twelve, but I was on my own. We left Wichita, Kansas heading south. My ticket would take me to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma but I didn’t plan on going that far. I wanted mainly to get out of town so they couldn’t find me or know where I went. So, I settled in and watched as the bus drove out of the city and into the surrounding openness. It was about an hour later when the bus stopped at a small roadside rest stop and I got out. I looked. My wife smiled as she saw I was awake. She had a tray with breakfast and was eager to serve me it in bed. I thought it was a nice gesture, even if it fell short of what I had hoped for. I scooted up on the bed and arranged the pillows to help prop me up. and she set the tray up and then climbed up beside me.“Happy birthday lover.” She said and gave me a kiss that did more to wake me up than the craft of coffee she brought ever would.The two of us sat on the bed and ate the breakfast my loving.