I was at home with the girls and boys. Saturday morning I went with the boys back to Fort Smith. Training had been happening there all week; some of i... had been live fire. There would be plenty casings there for them to pick through.I called Gordon Decker first thing Saturday to get him back from Mexico. The first thing I asked him was, “Has your wife turned jealous in the last few months and does your tux still fit?”“No, not that I know of and yes they still fit,” he said.“That’s good because. " Oh don't worry, Mai, I've got gallons of sun screen. I'll put some on later when it gets really hot." Mai do it," she giggled, "Mai give good massage. Kim had massage last night before we jig a jig."Her open candour made me laugh and I hadn't done a lot of that before coming to the island. The last two years had been a nightmare for me. I could have put up with his drinking and even his womanizing, although God knows we'd had enough fights about that. But when I came home early from the. ‘That was a different time! Women didn’t have the choices they do now! I’m choosing to get rid of this child! Dan made a fist. As much as he wanted to agree with his niece, he had to stand by his beliefs. ‘Then you no longer have an uncle.’ He then turned to Elaine, ‘And you no longer have a brother!’ With that he left slamming the door behind him leaving Elaine and Rose crying. * * * The next day at the abortion clinic, Rose sat impatiently waiting for her name to be called out. Elaine was. She could hear him moving and the clink of glasses and plates. Soon he returned setting a small tray on the hall table and raising a glass to her parched lips. The water was cool and refreshing. She drank deeply but carefully too much at once, after going without all day. might make her sick."Thank you Daddy." she said as he took the glass and set it on the tray.He lifted a thin strip of meat from the plate and held it up to her lips. She smiled as she opened he lips to take a bite. Chewing.