He was about to enter the office to find out what his accommodations were, he heard an all too familiar voice behind him.​​ ​​ ”He... Lil’ Cuc’! Is that you?!?”​​ ​​ With a sinking feeling in his stomach Adam turned to face the person who had made high school miserable, Ben Sourds.​​ ​​ ”C’mon Ben. Stop calling me that! It was five years ago.”​​ ​​ Adam was refering to a time in the school locker room when Ben had tied him up and stripped him, which was bad. Sometimestalking about a thing so sad can make a person do that and Brenda wasfeeling what her friend felt. She went to Annie and took her in her armsand held her tight.Annie was sobbing so hard her body was shaking."Let it out Annie, I'm here for you, I'm so sorry," Brenda said andcouldn't help herself as she felt the tears running down her cheeks.The two women held each other for a long time, not a word was said asAnnie let her grief flow through her tears.Annie finally gained control of her. And, of course, I was happily married. With kids. And I was happy with my situation and I would never want to jeopardize it.Or so I thought.Maureen started working at the office a couple of years ago. She was hired a couple of months after I transferred into this office. She was a "college hire" which meant she was younger (mid 20's??), which made her the youngest female of the three in our group of thirty.Since she wasn't working with me directly on my project, I didn't spend much time with. My thought was that they would mistake us as friendly troops as all my people were dressed in woodland pattern cammo’s, and all of us were armed with M4 carbines. From a distance the enemy wouldn’t know who we were until it was too late, or at least I hoped so. We were about to find out!My people and I made it to the crossing first. I called a halt and then ordered everyone to fan out and to pick a target. I claimed the two men in black as mine, since I had special plans for them. I warned the.