The water fall was high enough to cause a mist cloud as it bounced off the rocks at the bottom. XXNX Jessie started asking me about the trip and I just said she had to wait and see. Her hands stopped combing my hair and had formed fists with the last of my hair clenched in them. It was the closest thing we had had to a shower in 4 months. We made our way down the hill and started to feel the comfort of familiar surroundings again, and we started talking about what JoanI had done to keep herself busy while we were gone. Her head turned back and forth like she was screwing her mouth onto it. Hell, there wasn’t even a Seven-Eleven. We were torn by the urge to run down to the shore screaming that we had been rescued, and, watching JoanI
