Since time has a way of passing whether we want it to or not, the day of Mandy´s trip finally arrived.

Previously she had endured the crazy packing her mother had provided. It included survivors’ items.

“Just in case the plane lands on a deserted island.” Carol explained in details. Mandy knew that it didn´t make any sense, because there was no island on her route.

Arthur had come up with the idea of Mandy having some tracking device, if that was the case. What amazed her the most was that Arthur had made this trip hundreds of times and he also knew that there was no island involved in any part of this trip. But Mandy knew that he did it mainly to calm Carol down and help her cope with the short time separation. He continues his line of thought.

“I´ll suggest something else. What about, after you have your taste of freedom, with your independent trip and tours of the capital, we join you for the last two days? Onl