"We can just go and leisure in there." "I don't think so, Telles." she said in a light tone and a silly grin. "I don't accept invitations from strang...rs." I couldn't deny I was exactly that. I was amazed by her straight forwadness. "Fair enough," I said. "We can just take a walk down the block." We set out, but before we made it to the corner, the humidity and mosquitoes attacked Alice with vengeance. She reversed the direction. "Can we go to your appartment?" "Yes." "Why don't we just go. At the time, it seemed as if a combat drop would be preferable to hanging around either the battalion or Marilyn.I had made a mistake when I went into ROTC lo those many years ago. No, the Army wasn’t going into combat for quite a while. That didn’t mean I might not get deployed somewhere. The Sandinistas had taken over in Nicaragua, and were making themselves into a real pain in the rear for everybody in the region, and especially for Uncle Sam. It was decided that a show of strength would be. “You two have barely said a word since we got home from work. We’ve been watching TV for an hour now and neither of your have paid the least little bit of attention to anything that has been going on.”“What is it Jack? You both look like you have seen some sort of a ghost or something” continued Jack’s father.Jack started to say something then seemed to change thoughts mid stream and just said, “We just had a bit of a fright walking home from school but we are fine. I reported it to the police. AS we talked and laughed, Daryl's face turned ashen as he asked '...Do you remember Daniel and his cousins...' I looked at him and corrected him by saying '...you mean Daniel, Charlie and his cousin Bruce?...' Daryl looked at me and said '...well I don't really remember who was who but I do remember one thing...' I lifted my glass and looked silently at Daryl as he continued '...Who ever they were, they were brutal, the three of them were vicious and I'm glad to know that they all are doing.