A white ceramic wash basin was furnished with strong lye soap and a clean hand towel. She shamed herself for having been so travel weary that she clim...bed under her blankets without washing up the night before. Sleep still clinging to the corners of her mind, the cold water splashed over her face did help to wake her this morning.Breakfast was a tough beef steak and a plate brimming over with hot biscuits. Mary, a more experienced traveler now, knew there would be nothing to eat until evening,. "From there our chat went to other things including the fact that Earth was still out there and it hadn't been destroyed. While it was a relief to everyone present it was also a bummer. The fact was that we now knew that we'd left behind family members and loved ones who would spend the rest of their lives wondering what had happened to us. I knew my in-laws weren't going to take this news well even with the conditioning that was still in effect. I promised that I would deal with it at supper. We talked about her relationship with her boyfriend who couldnt make the trip due to his work schedule.I asked about her back pain and she said she was seeing a chiropractor, but the long car ride that day had caused major tension. She turned and lifted her shirt up to show me where the pain points were after I asked. I placed my thumbs on her lower spine and said let me massage that for you. She agreed readily and layed on her side facing away from me as I layed on my side and my thumbs. She was very pretty with her honey colored skin, blonde hair and doe brown eyes. She was much shorter than me and since I was very fare I was always envious that she could go swimming in the middle of the day and I had to wait till the sun went down.One evening she and I had finished our chores and decided to take a dip in the Allendar's lake. It was a popular desination for most of the boys and we hoped we could get in a little peep show before we ended our day.When we arrived we were.