He could hear Lieutenant Goldman on the radio, advising their progress, or rather lack of it, to the Command and Control helo high in the sky.An hour ...revious to the platoon's insertion, someone here had fired on a Scout helicopter. The Bubble-top had pulled up and away as the observer sprayed the area with the M60 machine gun and dropped the ever-ready smoke grenade. The two Cobra gunships riding high cover had torn the immediate area up with rockets and mini-gun fire. When the dust settled,. ." When I was young and irresponsible, Paul?" She turned from the bench and grinned."I didn't mean it like that." Did too." Didn't." Hmmph. Yes." Yes? How, Sal?" They die, Paul. That's it. In my day, you could get pregnant, or need some penicillin. Now people die." Yeah, I understand. Sorry." I brought it up, not you, Paul. You here for dinner?" We have to sort that out." Oh?" Yeah. Well, you know I'm only here because Mum wouldn't let me go and camp in the tent anywhere else." She was worried. When I saw you I sawBrooke or how I pictured her and wanted her to always be. When youcalled me mother my heart fluttered in joy that she had changed. Thenthe alarm bells went off because I knew she had no respect for anyone.She made a good living and was good at what she did just, like yousweetie. At least I know that my dreams weren't false, I just bet she'sgiving someone hell up there. So you have a compulsion to do this?"Darla said holding me to her with me saying, "Mother, I hope you. After they got married my mom came and picked me up to meet my new family, it was awkward to say the least. I'd grown through several years of my youth on my own. Now in the new house with all my step brothers and sisters we had to share bedrooms, I was paired up with Willy, he was a couple years older than me - I think he felt as awkward about the arrangement as I did. Well one night Willy brought a buddy over to spend the night. I was already in bed when they came in. Their talking and.