The new campers are settling in. Ana Lucia mostly keeps to herself at the edge of camp, as does Mr. Eko. Bernard is a nice enough man.

I like Libby, despite her being part of the reason I'm on the Island. I've helped her build a shelter next to mine.

"I hope you don't think I'm trying to take the place of your friend," Libby says to me. "I just feel guilty, you know? Like it's my fault that you're here."

I grab a string of wire and hook it through a hole in the tarp. "Don't worry about it. It's not completely your fault. If anything, I blame my old man."

"Oh, I understand. Me? I blame my third ex-husband."

"Damn. I mean, I'm not judging or anything…but damn."

"Yeah, I know," she says, jumping down from the bit of wreckage she's using to stand on. "Most people don't expect it. My first ex-husband was in the Navy. He wasn't much of a peach, but it taught me to respect veterans. That's why I gave you the money. I didn't know if you were homeless, or whatever."

"Well, I appreciate it, none the less."

"Even though you ended up on this rock?"

"Yeah, it's been pretty awful. But not all of it has been terrible."

We back up and look at our hard work. Libby's tent is decent. Hooray!

"Well," I say, going to grab my pack. "I've got a shift at the hatch, I better get going."


When I get to the hatch, Jack and Michael are sitting in the computer room talking.

"No one's forgotten about Walt," Jack says to him. "I can't…I don't have any idea what you must be going through, but I just want you to know that as soon as we can we're going to figure a way to go out and bring him back."

"Yeah, thanks, man. Thanks," Michael says.

"You okay?"

"Yeah, fine."

I walk into the computer room. "I'm here for my shift," I say.

"Great," Michael says, jumping up. I take my seat for the four hour shift.


I get back to the beach at sunset and notice Hurley helping Libby with her tarp, which must have fallen. I remember how Boone helped me build my shelter when we moved to this part of the beach.

It still hurts to think about him, but it's starting to numb.