Gavin passed a plaque dedicated to Joseph Lister - he was vaguely aware that Lister had pioneered the use of antiseptics in this very hospital almost ...a hundred and fifty years before.It took fifteen minutes before he found the right ward - the sign proclaiming that this was the psychiatric ward. Gavin assumed, rightly, that people who tried to commit suicide had to be screened by psychiatrists, so the ward didn't surprise him.A nurse was on station at the entrance to the ward and she asked who. All the windows pointed in the wrong direction so it was no good. She looked at me hard with the look which had stopped many a ned in their tracks “I really think it would be goo d for you to move. Put your name down on the list then?” I said yes trying hard not to think too deeply about what might be behind her words and was about to go when she said “letter for you” and passed over the by now familiar looking envelope. I also noticed her red fierce nails and lipstick, I had started doing a. You brought new life to so many.”Jake overheard that last part and reached out to me. He stepped into me, giving me a chaste kiss on the cheek and whispered, “He’s right, Annie. This day wouldn’t have happened if not for you. And, it wouldn’t be nearly as glorious and joyous if you weren’t a part of it. So, thank you for not dying in that jungle like everyone was afraid might have been the case.” We laughed quietly.Then, the music changed. I took my place next to Kaye, turned and found Bobbi. "He was supposed to be locked up, but he killed a couple of guards and escaped. That was last year, but now he's in Texas. As for the why ... That is what your parents want me to explain to you. Also, if you want, I'm supposed to offer you membership in our little group," he concluded wryly."This isn't something weird, is it, Uncle Caleb?" Gabi asked dubiously. "I have enough 'weird' in my life getting that restaurant going. I really didn't know that it would be so much work. I don't know how.