“So what is this place, Lin? I mean this building.”“It’s called Fort Lascall. It used to be important, protecting the plateau and lake to the ...ear but now it’s the t’Laptrour family retreat.” Mom and I were in the great-room. I wanted to talk with her, tell her about what had happened. Tell her those things Daddy really didn’t want to hear about.CLANGThere was an indescribable noise, moments later the floor shook.“What was that? I don’t think it was an earthquake.”“No idea, let me find Nallen.”. The next day, Friday, my coworker and I hustled to finish up some things before the weekend. At lunch, he spoke of his time in the military. He said that he served in some special operations but was not allowed to talk much about where the operations were or what they entailed.But he did say that he was wounded, and the wound caused him some dysfunctions. I asked him where he was wounded, and he said that he had a chest wound that cost him part of his right lung. He said that he spent some time. So I am staying at this real nice hotel on business. The wife is home, I finished up for the week but decided to stay thru the weekend as I had more stuff to do first thing Monday morning. Friday night I hit the local bars trolling for pussy with little luck, went back to my room alone. On Saturday I was out shopping and hitting a few bars early and decided to call it an early night and headed back to my room. Upon arriving back at my hotel I noticed a large wedding reception was getting. However, I had bigger issues. What was really going on with Cindy and Greg? Whenever I saw them together, they seemed like a couple. I was missing something though. They seemed to be more like friends than being each other's soul mate. I have seen Greg with girls he really likes, and it wasn't that he didn't like Cindy, but there was a spark missing.I was also having trouble reconciling how he had stepped back and allowed Cindy to direct my education on dating. He disappeared today. If she were.