Mother Miranda joined us after ensuring that Ms. Harper was comfortably asleep. She approached us with a thoughtful expression. Dr. Marcus, noticing her arrival, asked, “Mother Miranda, where will you go now?”
She smiled gently. “I will live with Emily,” she replied. “She needs someone to take care of her, and I have no other obligations.”
Dr. Marcus nodded and then shared, “Our plan hasn’t changed. We were on our way home when our helicopter crashed, forcing us to survive in the jungle. We’re just trying to get back to the States.”
Mother Miranda turned to me and asked, “Jim, are you with this plan?”
“Yes, Mother Miranda,” I confirmed. “We all belong to the USA. It was quite a coincidence that we all ended up here together.”
She looked thoughtful for a moment before saying, “I am American too, but I had traveled to a small, remote city. It feels good to be heading back to familiar territory.”