Two hours later, Anna was still in the cabin, and it was still fairly quiet. Both had a cup of coffee, and David sat on the couch,
watching her. She was studying the pictures on the mantle yet again. She wondered if two hours had really passed.

"That was one of the stranger things I've experienced," said David finally.

Anna snorted a little laugh. "Hardly." she said. "You have a short memory."

"What's that supposed to-- "

She shrugged. "Strange and Pine Valley seem to go together," she said, cheerfully. Strange, she thought to herself. But never boring.

David waited another uncomfortable moment. "Um... are you-- going back to Paris? Tonight? I mean- as long as you're here, you could see Aidan, visit a few old friends."

She chuckled. "And wonder how old they really are."

She looked again at the corner of the mantle. Ten years-- she'd lost ten years of her life to amnesia. Now she knew how to get it back. And maybe get something else she'd lost back. She turned her eyes to David.

"I think I'll stay for awhile. Whatever," she continued wryly, "that means."

The End