[00:00.00]The interior of the bar
[00:02.71]was dark. Her quest
[00:04.57]to locate Jeff and Zac
[00:06.43]had taken two years.
[00:08.30]She had paid private investigators
[00:11.58]in American currency to help her
[00:13.98]locate her exhusband.
[00:15.97]In her handbag she carried
[00:17.94]the necessary proof that
[00:19.91]would identify her to
[00:21.33]the authorities if she was successful
[00:23.40]in being able to
[00:25.05]bring Zac home again, to Canada.
[00:26.91]She had been impatient
[00:29.87]for this moment to arrive for so long
[00:32.05]and yet now she just wanted
[00:34.46]to secure her son with a minimum of fuss.
[00:37.63]Now, right on cue,
[00:40.26]a tall stranger slipped into
[00:42.88]the bar and sat down.
[00:44.41]One glimpse told her
[00:46.93]it was Jeff.
[00:48.24]He looked weary( and older
[00:50.32]but definitely familiar.
[00:52.95]A chill ran up her spine.
[00:55.69]Close to success, she refused to concede defeat.
[01:00.38]It was the time
[01:02.57]to remedy the enormous sadness.
[01:04.65]This time she wanted
[01:07.06]a guarantee of success.
[01:09.47]She stared straight ahead
[01:11.98]with a vacant look, trying to
[01:13.73]grasp the important moment.
[01:15.81]Vivid scenes, from the past two years’ search,
[01:20.40]flashed through her mind.
[01:22.71]The following day, happily for Lesley,
[01:26.21]the headline of the local paper read,
[01:29.16]“Father turns over child.
[01:32.22]Mother slams system.”
[01:34.52]Lesley and Zac’s subsequent life
[01:38.13]could now resume some form of normalcy,
[01:40.64] however, the stress and strain
[01:43.38]of the past two years
[01:45.03]would always remain as a part
[01:46.99]of this renewed relationship in the memory |