Alice: Tina we’re in a foreign land of which you no nothing about. So how can you say for sure.

Tina: Come on Al.  You know you’re exaggerating.

Alice: No Tina I swear I heard something scream. Maybe wild moneys or something but it definitely didn’t sound like crickets.

“Whatever Al,” Tina said as she was walking out the front door.

Tina walked the pathway surrounding the vacation home and the pathway lit  up as she walked. As she walked she noticed that the forest was very thick. She also noticed a pool around the back of the vacation home. However Tina was most interested in putting her feet in the mini man-mad beach just below the vacation home. Tina walked the distance and couldn’t wait to kick her sandals off in the sand. The sand felt so good around her toes. The sand was cooler than L.A.’s sand in the summertime. L. A.’s sand could be down right hot in the summertime. Tina had already learned from Helena that Johannesburg’s temperature only reached as high in the 80’s but their nights could be as low as in the 20’s. However Tina felt it was about in the 60’s tonight.

“Very nice,” Tina thought to herself.

Tina saw the chairs along the man-made beach and decided to go and sit down. Tina sat down and then braced herself for the impact the water would have on her senses. Tina was pleasantly surprise that the water felt more warm and than cool.

Tina dangled her feet in the water and enjoyed the feeling. Tina laid her head back on the lounge chair and looked up at the sky. Many stars were out tonight. The moon was also shining bright. Tina sat there for what seemed like ages when she suddenly felt like someone was watching her. She looked around to see if anyone was there but saw noone. Tina got up to go back to the house feeling uneasy and comforted at the same time.

Tina walked the distance to the vacation home but before she could actually reach the pathway to the vacation home someone put their hand over her mouth and dragged her in the woods.