Admiral Nimitz pinned it on me and shook my hand.I had tears running down my face as I told him, "I would rather havethose guys live than presented wi...h this."He nodded his understanding and moved on to present other awards.Despite my pleas, I was given an honorable discharge. My arms were notas good as they used to be. So I was transferred stateside.I managed to get a few hours to visit the graves of Lia, Frankie, andNancy. I wept again. I left them for good on a Sunday as a ship carriedme. . I saw that they weren't. She was looking me in the eye as well, and sporting a quizzical smile. Busted! I immediately turned my face downward, and for as long as the backscratch session lasted, which was just a couple more minutes, I focused only on her back."Okay, I guess that's enough," she said. "Your hands are probably tired." Yeah. A little."My aunt stood up, and so did I. Thankfully, I was wearing jeans at the time, or else she'd probably have been able to tell I was hard as a rock.. I want for Dad and I to see Carol again and she expressed a desire to bring a friend to our next party. So you see we're all really doing the same thing and avoiding the question of what's to be done about Ted and I we're the only two in the whole group that are blood kin. So what we're asking is if okay for us to be i****tuous while everyone else is not. Isn't that the only question we're stumbling over?"Again Molly hit the nail on the head and came straight to the point. Molly's finger dug. "I want to make sure you are positive about all of this. I never ever want to hurt you again."Pam and Dionn spent the afternoon in each other's arms on the floor, in the shower and in the bed. As she dozed off Pam remembered that she must call Selena this afternoon.After stealing down the stairway to avoid meeting Dionn, Selena made her way back to the cottage to have her lunch with Joe.She smelled the food warming in the over as she walked in the door."I was just going to give up on you and.