James woke up suddenly and found himself in his room.

“Bertha? Bertha!” he called out, but found that he was not in the cave.

He got up and looked around. It was night time now.

He had recognized her even though she had aged. He knew that face. The woman he had spent time with in that cave was his wife, Bertha. He recalled their experience. From what he saw, she hated him. She hated his family and avoided him. Why?

He got up from the bed and walked out of his room into the moonlight. He was not sure how he returned home, if what he had gone through...