The rest of the day was lazy, we played esports, as the next week was a break no assignments needed finishing, Grandma fell asleep, Mom did the househ...old stuff and checked in every hour with snacks.The weather turned cold and wet and the rain lashed down. Grandma decided to stay, Mom asked if we were OK, she apparently had an early start and needed to get some rest, Sure no worries we said a little disappointed, but we had all week.We played more esports and then stole some of Grandma’s weed,. By all standards it was an upscale neighborhood and I loved living in that area and in that apartment. It was a large dwelling and at times when I was there, it reminded me of happier days with Dan. He was just no longer there unless he felt the need to check on me to see what I was doing. It was just none of his business. Gradually I got more and more depressed. This one particular Saturday morning, a girlfriend called me. I wanted to sleep in but the phone woke me. Kathy had a bubbly. While another cargo ship of the same size arrived and berthed on the left side of the three hired smaller cargo ships. ‘Ken, did you check the manifest?’ I asked, ‘Who are on that ship and is that berth reserved for that cargo ship today?’ There is something not right about the cargo ship that just arrived but I cannot lay my hand on it. ‘I am sure that this area is secured Colonel,’ Ken replied, ‘I wasn’t informed of this new arrival from the port authorities.’ ‘Ken, hand me the binoculars. Since I was the only one decent, I answered it. Dan and Meagan stood there, once again teary eyed. They barely made it inside before both of them hugged me. Sally hurried in and slipped into the group embrace between her dad and me. It took a few minutes, but Dan was the first one to find his voice. “I thought dropping Sally off here yesterday was weird. What the hell happened last night?” he asked. A quick check showed no obvious signs of either of them being upset, just dumbfounded. I.
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