I turned around and it was Debbie. I was freaked out that she was still there. “I’ve been dying to talk to you,” she said, “My husband left wi...h Jake to go pick up some pot. Quick, come on, let’s go inside so no one will notice us together and tell him.” There was nobody in the house and Debbie suggested we go into one of the bedrooms to talk, making sure we wouldn’t get caught because her husband would go ballistic. Unknowingly, we found our way to the master bedroom. It felt safe there.. She then spent several hours going over it, checking and re-checking until she knew the area like the woods around her manor. After finishing her preparation she turned in for the night, confident that tomorrow would start a most exciting adventure.Tanith had the last watch and woke the others at dawn. After a quick meal and camp clean-up they were back on the road moving ever easterly. They avoided towns when they could and traveled right on through when they could not. They ate their noon. Giselle was an attractive young woman, and James took pride in making her look her best.By September, the Allies had liberated France, and a sense of normalcy started to return to the tiny town. Just before Christmas, the inn re-opened and Giselle took a job as a waitress. There she met a young GI named Rick Pennington, who was among the second wave of American troops to storm Omaha Beach.Against all reason, Giselle found herself falling in love with the young man, and soon they were married.. I can see you want to ask me something.”“Sergeant, what do you believe the Major thinks of me? Am I just a member of staff that needs help, or does how view me as something more?”“That’s a peculiar question, Kathleen. What do you mean by you being seen as something more?”Kathleen shifted her stance to be more comfortable, then said quietly, “Do you think he might consider adding me to his family, if I am fit and well again?”Elizabeth was stopped in her mental tracks with this unexpected.