I was looking into his eyes when he told me that. I saw the despair, the guilt and sadness that filled his eyes. I knew nothing of Vietnam other than ...ome men came back different. I almost felt sorry for him. Ann, stop it I told myself. Do not fall for him. Jack had his problems and I had mine. His I did not know however, mine was men. I must not have heard myself or something in me took over me. Because as Jack walked away, I called to him.I said, “Jack, I am sorry too,” “It has been rough on. .. ' Defeated I succumbed and turned to go with them. We traveled to the home of Charlie and Daniel and entered into their basement rooms. It seemed the same except that Daniel was sitting on the couch in his pajamas. Charlie closed the door as Bruce answered Daniel's question ' ... Did you guys have any trouble? ... ' ' ... No, David wanted to get to school but we told him how much more fun he would have with us instead! ... ' Bruce replied, Daniel chuckled. Charlie went into one of the. .. Not sure what to do or what to say.It had started as a business trip to a conference in San Francisco. Toddwas my manager and invited me along, with the understanding that whilethe company would pay all expenses, we would have to share a room, sincethe hotel was over-booked. Todd was in his late twenties, about my ownage. About 6 inches taller than my 5 feet 9 inches and a good 50 poundsmore of good solid muscle from his daily workouts in the company gym.When we arrived at the hotel, I was. Looking down at his lap and then at her, “My eyes were cleared just moments ago; it’s still hard to understand.”Maureen took his right hand in her left and put it to her cheek, “I know.”He put his left hand on her right cheek and rubbed it softly, “All these years we’ve only been a few miles apart. I thought you had died. My mom died a little after, so there wasn’t anybody to remind me. I remember trying to put it out my mind, but it wouldn’t go away. I mean I was a pretty happy kid, but it was.