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When Danny had returned, he came upon them where they were lazing on the table in striped moonbeams filtering through the little roof of thin wooden bars. Mitch, his shirt discarded, was leaning back on his arms, feet resting on the bench. Andrea, one leg pulled up, skirt and blouse still exposing bare skin of [...]

After dinner the three lingered first at the restaurant over coffee then alongside the river, softly talking and fooling around, sitting quietly on a bench and listened to the night sounds, watched the moon and stars and strolled contentedly back to their rondavel, Diane’s arm once more hooked into her son’s. Danny had taken his [...]

When Danny arrived back at their unit he found Diane and Jeremy sitting on a bed, waiting for him. “Where have you been?” Diane asked. “I thought you were sleeping. We came back about half an hour ago.” “Couldn’t sleep and went for a walkabout. Right now I am starving. How about you guys?” Jeremy [...]

Mitch walked through the parking lot and went down the road leading to the camping area, unaware of Andrea watching him all the time from a distance. He reached the Parks Shop, hesitated a moment then crossed the road to go look there. Andrea was right behind him. Danny lingered a moment under the cold [...]

The stranger’s name was Mitch, no doubt about that. The woman could be none other than Andrea. Mitch had passed by all the Park visitors, literally walked right through some of them, and came irresolute to the end of the verandah. He stood there quietly for a while thinking. Coming to a decision he turned [...]

Not being able to sleep Danny locked the door to the rondavel and strolled to the restaurant. He bought a small bottle of fruit flavored water and walked through the cool, fairly crowded verandah to go sit at an empty bench overlooking the Letaba River. Taking a sip from the bottle every now and again, [...]

Danny had just dozed off into a light slumber when a crunching sound from outside attracted his attention. He lay still for a few seconds thinking he was dreaming. The crunching reached his ears again and he sat up lazily. Squirrel? Bushbuck? Monkey? But no, it sounded more like a person walking from a distance [...]

Within the next two days the two clowns, spoiling him rotten, had him back on his feet. Surges of energy started pulsating through his body again, his eagerness for life was returning at a fair pace and he felt so much better that he made them a rondavel booking at Letaba Camp in the Kruger [...]

Three days later Danny allowed Diane to drive them back to Phalaborwa. In all this time he had not seen Kathleen once. They stopped for fuel at Belfast and for a bite to eat, where Diane and Jeremy disappeared off to the bathrooms after having consumed cans and cans of soda on the road. Danny [...]

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