’ He turned back and looked at her. ‘I think I lost her a long time ago. Just never noticed. Too busy. Too busy making the perfect life to actuall...y live it.’ A tear was streaming down his cheek. Without thinking, she reached over to brush it off. He hadn’t shaved, and the stubbles on his face were coarse against her fingertips. ‘I can’t stay here,’ he said. He stood, reached into his pocket and grabbed a ten, threw it on top of the ticket. She rose with him. ‘Please,’ she said. ‘Don’t go yet.’. She even finds a document trolley in the outer office on which she stacks it all. I turn him over to John. He starts in on a long list of questions while using a tape to record it all. Rob reports back, they found and finished the last guard. I send him back to recover all of the brass and rounds we fired. Rob gulps, so Kira tells him what to finish packing while she grabs the first aid kit, and goes to do clean up. I help with the packing, and check out the rest of the files. We have it all. When I sat in the car, closing the door, I saw Bobby about twenty feet away. The motor turned over a time or two then fired up. My heart was beating like a drum when he slammed his door shut. ”Did anyone see you?”I grinned at Bobby and answered, ”I don't know, but that was amazing.”;We backed out onto the street just five feet from the guy with the weed eater then sped toward my young student’s house, passing several cars on the way. The sky was darkening by the time we pulled into his. By the end of the month an early warm spell cleared the snow away, and Shaylee called for the continuation of their journey. Another wagon was purchased, the furniture loaded, and the house sold to the bank. The travelers took their leave, with the well wishes of the entire town.Once on the road, Shaylee took a deep breath and smiled broadly. She was happy again. She hadn't realized just how depressed staying in that town had made her.Maeve rode up beside her sister and said, "Is it living in a.