’ Crossing his arms across his chest he stood waiting. The shaking woman stood there staring back at him stunned. ‘Come on, let’s see those legs...first…. remove those slacks.’ Nerveless fingers moved to undo the zip and slowly, tears running down her cheeks, she slid the black material down her legs, and then stepped out of them so that she stood there in her white blouse. ‘Please don’t make me do this….’ Giving a dramatic sigh he told her, ‘You know you might get to like it with me….you might. He started by kissing my shoulder, moving up my neck to my lips, soft sweet kisses and the tip of his tongue brushing mine. He flicked the fold holding up my towel and it fell to the floor. Cupping my right breast he kissed my ever sensitive nipple and I instantly felt the sensation travel straight down. He motioned me to lie down on the bed, my legs hanging over the side. He knelt on the floor and placed himself between and he began to kiss and lick his way up my thigh, the anticipation of. In some ways I was fortunate as there was only superficial nerve damage, but the lower left leg structure now consisted of bones with two reinforcing rods, and medically repaired muscles. I was declared medically unable to perform my duties and was medically retired with a 60% disability.When I walked off the plane in my Class As and with my cane and ditty bag, my Mom and Dad were waiting for me. I had not seen them in the past six years except when I was on leave, or when they could come and. Spinning the carousel Michael smiled, knowing soon he would be home. The black hole leered at him as he looked into its dark depths, the pain was too much, and he couldn’t be alone anymore. A shaking finger moved to the arching metal that would send him home. And, just like in the movies, in that instant, everything that mattered, all the love, all the pain, all the joy and sorrow spilled forth in his psyche. It was a whirlwind that began and ended with the same person, Sasha, the one person.