Your home will be there when you get back. If it’s not, you can rebuild it again. The only thing you can’t rebuild is your family. ‘Robert has a...job.’ I never thought I would say those four words in the same sentence, but it’s true. I saw him on the news the other night standing beside his candidate, or was it the candidates’ sister? I can’t tell them apart. Laura will be leaving you to travel into outer space in less than two years. How are you going to be able to handle that Patti? Are they. ’ ‘Follow me and I’ll show you the house as I go up to get dressed for dinner.’ They wandered through his home as she admired his old furniture commenting on some of the pieces and getting a brief history on the occasional item. The old house was large by modern standards with kitchen, dining room, living room and other rooms on the ground floor. An elegant wide staircase rose to the upper hall way which gave onto four bedrooms and bathroom. It seemed to her that he had forgotten his nudity as. My parents adored each other and even though Steve and I didn't see it in those terms, we knew what a wonderful place home was. When it ended with their deaths, deep down I guess I couldn't face the thought of life on any other terms."Her tears were really rolling now as she squeezed both hands hard. "Then I met you two. First, I guess I liked the idea of having the chance to meet a celebrity. That was good for about ten minutes. After that it was a deep-down recognition that you two share the. . in time. A piece of mortar hit me in my left thigh and broke my thigh bone. The doctors stitched me back together. They say I will be fine and ready for action with my kompanie in ten or twelve weeks. I probably will have a big scar from the shell fragment, but otherwise I will be fine for you and Horst. Gott im Himmel, I hope this war ends soon. I long to be with you.I haven’t received news from my kompanie. I hope they are well. Reports I hear say we are beating the Tommies. Maybe we can.