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Guests arrived over the next half hour and I watched Drake meet and shake hands with two-dozen people All the while, I tried to stay close to Nigel, but Drake was deter beside el would coet between us, try to take me over It was almost comical to watch

A half-hour in, we stood in the living rooel andseveral of the people he'd been speaking with to follow, including Drake

"Kate has soraphs from her trip to Africa Come dear," he said to me, "and talk about your trip"

I frowned, not wanting the li me into Once inside the rooraphs, each one ed in several rows

"Go ahead, dear,"me to his side "Tell us about your trip Start here, with this one"

I recounted arriving in Africa, of the airport and the questionable plane we took to Niger I spoke about the UN High Co a month and hoe distributed supplies and formula to mothers and babies in the camps I described all the photos with the exception of the one that I couldn't talk about – the eures in the distance

"Tell the athered around "A couple and their baby that Kate and Nigel rescued from the desert"

He turned back expectantly I tried to force a smile but it pained me to even think of them Finally, I took in a deep breath, but my voice betrayed my reluctance

I told the sel and Ithe ht of the exodus fro to the ca in a truck, bringing in some supplies

I shook my head as I told the story "Each time a vehicle passed, they had to walk down and then walk back up the ditches and they were exhausted, having walked for hours or days"

I turned to Nigel, who nodded as if in encouragement

He took up the narrative "Kate finally said, enough is enough Let's be the one to go in the ditch, and so we did We drove off thethe road and the thousands of refugees We were driving in the middle of nowhere and off in the distance, the driver saw some people and so ent to the couple with a newborn They'd been walking for days, and were quite lost, going in the wrong direction If we hadn't found theel turned to me

I picked up the story, eiven his wife all his food and was" I stopped and coveredmy head Even two years later, the emotions were so close to the surface

Nigel touchedover

"They'd been walking for several days and had run out of food and water He was so weak, he had to crawl"