“H ey” Chaim said pushing the branches out of the way and walking out of the woods his shoes caked with dirt. “Welcome back.”

“Chaim!” Rivky said stopping short. “I had no idea where you were! I saw your car but you weren’t answering the phone and I was all freaked out! Then Mr. Labkin told me he thought he saw you down by the lake on his walk. Baruch Hashem I found you.”

“Rivky I’m not a child lost in Wal-Mart. Relax.”

“Come on Chaim it was scary. They paged you a few times and you weren’t coming. It was too weird.”