I pulled out of the parking lot and drove off base on Navy Road. I didn’t know the area but I knew that Memphis was south of here and got onto South...Millington Road. We drove and talked – again talking about almost everything under the sun -until we were in North Memphis and we ended up taking the road tour of Memphis for the next three hours – pretty interesting city at that time – not as built up as it is now. About midnight SD decided that she’d like to go back towards the base We got onto. I had gone over the engine, giving it a basic service, changing the filters and oil. I had left the interior completely alone, that would have cost a lot to upgrade, it would have been obvious of the cost put in if I had done it compared to the rest of the truck.Presents for Christmas had become something of a challenge since I started having serious money, Mom and Dad had restricted the amount available to spend for Christmas presents, I had bought Mom a very expensive necklace years ago, it. It was a very tempting offer. It could really turn my life around. I was 49 years old; single with no love life; and in a dead end job. I imagined that 25 million dollars could definitely make things look brighter. Unfortunately I didn't relish the idea of having to be my sister's slave for nine months.Ultimately my greed won over my common sense, and I agreed to go live with my sister. The first thing she had me do was to liquidate all my assets. I sold my house, my car, and all my. I wept uncontrollably when I read the accounts of my son Peter's death in the skies over France, and I again relived the agony of that day when I had received the telegram informing me. Peter had been my youngest, my baby, and I had been so very proud of him. I received quite a few strange stares from other people in the library but, as no one came over to comfort me, I ignored them. I also cried as I read Jeremy's obituary. He was my one true love and I shall never love another as I did him..