My voice broke, partly because Iwas not accustomed to my higher pitch, but mostly because of the knot offear that was growing in my gut.His eyes seeme... to focus on my chest, then finally on my face. "I don'tknow, ma'am...Hinsen got...stuck in the wall during that earthquake." What did you say, Chief?" Trish boomed out, having caught up with me."Hinsen's stuck in the wall, sir," Fritchett replied vacantly. "Look foryourself."I did, but I could not believe what I was seeing. It looked as. I took it as an ok. I only left his side to go to the bathroom, bathe and eat. I slept beside him for a week. Dan kept calling me wanting to know when I was going to return. I told him I had more important issues right now. I had no idea when I could come back. I could tell by his tone, I had left him hanging on to what he thought was going to be serious relationship between us.On the 8th day, I heard a noise ... like a groan. Then, he squeezed my hand a little. I pressed the button and the. The three men had stayed even after Gavin's wife had died; they liked the town and had settled into life there.With some guidance from Terry, Harry managed, eventually, to bring the story up to date. The Army had discreetly approached the three veterans and asked if they wanted repairing and rejuvenating, at the price of rejoining.Harry had jumped at the chance, while Gavin had initially been more reluctant. It was easier for him to manage with one arm than it was for Harry with one leg. Fred. ” she heard a sailor say to the group of fancy girls to her left.He didn't speak unkindly but he had a way of making it an order not a request.As Tracey watched the girls stood up straight and got ready and the sailor said,“One, Two, Three, Four,” as he counted their heads, “Where the other one, there's meant to be five of you.”Before the girls could speak he looked over to where Tracey was standing and smiled,“There you are, thought we'd lost you there for a second, come on then.”Tracey was.