”“But he died doing it,” she sighed.“Maybe it’s trite, but John 15:13 tells us there is no greater love than for someone to lay down his lif... for the sake of his friends.”“You believe that?”“I do. And all our sailor friends believe it about Nick. It took me a while to see that, but I think it’s true.”“I hope Jorge knows how much we owe him.”“Somehow,” I said, “I think he does.”April 26, 1994, Chicago, Illinois“Steve, I have Jamie for you,” Lucas said over the intercom.“Put him through to. The receiver in my hand vibrating slightly from the shear force I held within my fist that was enough to dent it if I wasn’t careful.I hear her crying on the other end, gasping, sniffling. “Aurum… please don’t see your previous relationship as mine. I know you still have feelings for that scumbag but I can live with that. But never, ever bring up you know in any of our fights.”“The fuck is wrongs with us” she said her voice cracking again and I heard the rustling of fabric as probably her. " I've heard it was V shaped?" I believe that's right," I said, moving on when I saw a leasing agent from Houston waiting to meet her.There were four other females that attended the meeting, but I had a feeling that I'd get to know Penny better, and it happened sooner than I'd imagined.John had arranged to take over the club on Friday afternoon for our company outing. Ned and I made two trips to transport our guests to the club, and most of the employees from the home office met us there. The. “What is it, dearest?” he asked her in reply. “Should we talk about this weekend? About this week?” Her breath tickled him. “Of course, if that’s what you’d like.” “I just want you to know that I still love you just the same as always.” “And I, you,” he answered. “What do you think happened? I mean, why did things turn out the way they did with Rich and Janice? Is there something wrong with us?” “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” he chuckled. “That’s three questions as once.” “Okay,” she said, sighing. “Is.