He turned, revealing a wide expanse of red silk that covered his back like a tent. He walked to the door, motioning for the two guards to follow him. ...t the exit he turned and smiled back at Jackson. "Have fun."Physalia stepped forwards, her stiletto heels making little clicking sounds on the hard concrete floor. Her shiny latex catsuit glistened like oil beneath the light bulb."So it's you and me babe, all alone," Jackson said.Physalia stared down at him, her cold face totally unreadable. Her. "Whatcha thinking about hon?" Hmm? Oh--nothin'. Why?" No reason...you just seemed quiet. How was your day at school?" It was OK; we didn't really do much. Guess what, though- while we weredoing the Pledge of Allegiance, Tommy Gracie passed out!" No way, really?" Yeah! We thought he was dead or something," he explained, suddenly veryanimated. "Mr. Ratner ran over to him and slapped his face a few times towake him up. You should have seen him, jumpin' over the desks andeverything! They took Tommy. ’ ‘So had I.’ Lindsey said, staring into her mug. ‘You mean this has happened before?’ Lacie asked. Callie lifted herself onto a nearby countertop before lifting her mug into her lap, slowly sipping the hot drink. ‘Not for a while. It used to be a lot worse.’ ‘When she got here it was much, much worse. She had nightmares like that nearly every night.’ Tara agreed. ‘I’m sure you can understand why.’ Heather said. ‘Poor woman had it worse than the rest of us combined.’ Bridget looked up at Lacie.. So-called experts fifty years beyond this war condemned the victors' terms saying that if they were more generous, perhaps that corporal wouldn't have come to power.Back in America most battlefield heros marched down major streets and avenues to cheering crowds. There was high optimism in this country as they prepared to forge ahead in peace and safety.One of them was not John Madison. He was the victim of a mugging and died two days later in the hospital leaving his wife Gwen a widow and his.