She was finishing the deviled ham sandwhich and reconstituted powdered Gatorade, when out the window she saw a canoe heading directly for the beach below the cabin. There was no time to check out the secret bedroom.

Helen grabbed her totebag. Cleaned the table, dumped the rest of the Gatorade into the sink, ran out the back door, and plunged into the woods East of the cabin. There, she was confronted by a dense forest and large rocks that would be difficult to traverse.

A man pulled the canoe up onto the beach and headed for the cabin. He was carrying an enormous cudgel.