Dave & Kate had discovered a nice little park in the area during their time there called Parc Monceau. It was probably their favourite and they preferred it over the more famous Luxembourg Parc.
As they took a walk around it trying to understand how their head and heart could be in conflict like this they eventually sat themselves down on a rock opposite a small pyramid. A little French boy soon appeared in front of them playing on the rocks. He was singing to himself and kept looking up at them with a curious smile. This made them smile. When he eventually ran off to his mum he kept looking back at them shouting "au revoir!" and waving. They wondered if this was an omen Paris was saying goodbye to them.
That night they took a longer route to a different internet cafe much further away from their hotel. They were going there as one last throw of the dice, so to speak. If something showed up (they couldn't see what) then it was still on, if there was nothing they would book a flight back to Edinburgh as they simply didn't have enough to last any longer.
They never spoke about it to each other at the time but both felt they were sure they'd be staying. Edinburgh just wasn't an option - it was as obvious as this to them even if it made no logical sense. They couldn't conceive that this thing was about to die.
A miracle did come. Jah had put his troops Brian, Agnes and Brother Mark into action and there was an email waiting for Dave & Kate with an offer of financial help to sustain them a few days longer. It had only been a few hours since Dave notified them about possibly returning. If they had went to the usual nearer internet place they probably would have booked the flights before the emails had come through.
At the very last minute Europe was brought back to life - if only for a few days more.
Later that night as they sat eating a Subway again, the song on the radio went "I need a dollar, a dollar, a dollar is what I need... if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me".
