The medic reports the man looks worse than he is and he’ll recover well with rest: it’s just a shallow wound with a lot of blood. The troops leave...the building and go outside, leaving the man to his family’s care.The two prisoners are tied to a post and left with one guard until they return. They move on to the next building. The process is slow but sure and they know the buildings are empty of enemy troops by the time they reach the other gateway. The guard with the prisoners now has seven. I get off the bed trying to pull him off her I finally grab his hair and pull him off as he dropped his whiskey bottle.“You little fuck,” he says as he picks me up and throws me against the wall and I black out.I’m looking down the hall at everyone getting their stuff out of their lockers and see Meagan. She opens her locker and lays her book bag down in front of it. She is so beautiful.“Hey, Joe,” Johnny and Fred say, sitting beside me.“What are you doing,” Fred asks knowing that I am always. I can't bear tolook at you, get out of my sight."I turned and ran up the stairs leaving the scene behind. Bursting into myroom I needed a cigarette picking up the packet I opened the window andleaning out lit the ciggie and blew out a cool stream of smoke as thenight air swirled around me, then I began to cry. At first I could hear noises of George banging around in the kitchen,Melissa had quitened down by now. The noises stopped and assumed both hadsat down to dinner, I was not in the least. Shriya never thought of any one coming to his home in the daytime. At the same time Shriya was peeing inside the bathroom in saree as girls do. The window, which was at adjoining room of bathroom, was open. Nair just looked in to the window without giving much care. But the scene was unexpected. The back view of a girl. Suddenly he thought both Gopi and Rajeshwari have gone for the marriage in the morning. Who would that be?? “Hey who is that”?? Nair shouted. Accidentally Shriya looked back and.