Chapter Fourteen

Edwin waited for everyone to settle down in the main room of the cabin to be sure he had their attention before speaking.  “I’ve done my best to listen to what Tim and Mark have to say.  Agatha, I haven’t spoken with you, but, unless you have something you want to add, I’d like to give my medical opinion on what occurred.”   When Agatha looked to the floor in silence, he continued.  “I believe that Mark experienced an episode of alcohol induced somnambulism; or, in layman’s terms… sleepwalking.  It is a genuine condition that can be brought on by a variety of circumstances; one being stress.   No one can deny the stress that we’ve  all been under since we left the city.  Combine that with an excessive intake of alcohol and… well… you know the rest.”

“Kids sleepwalk, not adults,” Mark complained.

“That’s not true,” Ed