See nothing to worry about, Dana said smiling. Marina pulled off the security strap and slid the contents of the envelope on the table. There was a letter and what looked like a CD. Marina picked up the letter and read it to her friends.

My dear beautiful Marina,

Yours,
Cecilia

OH! Lets watch it! Alice exclaimed smiling at her friend. Looking at Marina, she could tell that the woman had obviously recovered from her earlier funk. Does your office computer play DVDs?

I think solets find out! They all got up and followed Marina to her office. The last one in closed the door as Marina turned on her speakers and put the disk in the drive. Everyone crowded around her as the video began.

The picture showed the Great Pyramids in a pale light with the theme music from 2001: A Space Odyssey playing in the background. As they watched, the sun steadily rose over the pyramids to full daylight. The camera then zoomed in on a small figure standing near the top of one of the pyramids. Soon, Cecilia came into view. She stood there in khaki shorts and hiking boots with a loose, white, button-up shirt undone to the where it tucked into her waste band. She wore a white tank top under it and her skin was even more bronzed than when they had last seen her. Her hair was pulled back into a haphazard ponytail and her hand was shielding her eyes from the bright sunlight. She turned to face the camera and smiled as she held open her shirt to reveal small writing on her tank top as the music hit its climax. The words Cecilia: Marinas Next Odyssey grew larger on the screen to cover her chest. Everyone in the room laughed and Alice slapped Marina lightly on the head.