Congratulations on the promotion.”George grinned back, “Just goes to show they’ll promote anybody if they’re in the right place at the right t...me.” His face went from a grin to a frown as he continued, “We lost Henry Stanton while you were gone, so we were down a Captain. I’m the replacement.”George and I sat down with the others as I told him, “I’m sorry to hear about Captain Stanton. He was a pretty good sort when he visited us.”George agreed saying, “That he was, Paul. The army has decided. With her shoulder, she shoved Garth to try and wake him faster.Fletcher did not look up from his book. If he did notice them, he made no motion of any kind to acknowledge their presence.Garth quickly opened his eyes and shook his head sharply to try and shake it off. "Oh, man. What was that?" He also tried to move his hands and found them fastened to the chair. "What the heck is goin' on here?" Shh. Keep it down. It looks like we're company and that," she said looking coldly at the sitting man. How could she do this to me? The last time we were together it was so wonderful but yet so full of excitement and wrong doing. Could this be considered cheating on my husband? How would he react knowing I was having these forbidden thoughts about my best friend, this was totally out of character for me but I still spent the rest of the weekend thinking of how I would act and dress to turn on another woman? Monday morning arrived, I was so excited, after Rob my husband left for work I took a. We’ve had many hikers and a very few distance backpackers over the years, but we were never close friends with any of them, so we only got to hear generalities about their trips.”From the look on Mia’s face, Karl and Glenda both knew that their host wished to go on the backpacking trip. She wouldn’t ask, though, because she knew that Dessie wanted to be alone with her husband. The doctors had been married a long time, and as they passed a prolonged glance, they subtly agreed to make it possible.