"Amy was talking to me like she'd come here to see me, and meeting Charlotte was a secondary thing. She was still nervous I suppose, and I was the fir...st person in the city she'd met. It was like we were already friends.Charlotte came bouncing in and sat on the bed."Look at these! Aren't they fun!?" she said.Amy stared blankly. Charlotte realized once again, that Amy was still getting used to all this, and she flushed, suddenly embarrassed.I also noticed she'd changed out of her slutty skirt,. “What can I do for you Mr Maroney?” I asked. “I need you to find my wife” he replied “She’s been gone for a week, very unusual for her”This is a common story and usually the answer is she’s a woman’s shelter because she “fell down the stairs” one to many times. Or she’s been dumped somewhere for some poor bastard to find. “Problems at home?” I enquired“Not that I know of. She’s been away working and was due back last week. I’m concerned that she may have been k**napped, but there’s been no. Then the engine stalled. The car rolled quietly down Main Street until friction and gravity killed its momentum. Turning the key made a clicking sound like a roulette wheel… he’d lost. The next morning, church bells woke him to find a half-dozen cookie crunchers peeking in the car windows. ‘BOO!’ Squeals of laughter faded as they ran down the street and into The First Baptist Church. Bill got out, stretched, and then walked over the ‘Car Haven Garage’. The placed appeared deserted, so he left. I know exactly what you mean. Sometimes I wish I could just take a time out, even if only for a short time. I don't want to really change my life - I think you know that. But it would be so nice to escape, even if just for a short time." Then, showing that he had caught her reference to the song from The Fantasticks, he had added, "'I'd like to swim in a clear blue sea where the water is icy cold ... just once, just once, just once before I'm old.'" Then he had added another line. "We can still.