He stopped by the captain's office and picked up his orders, which were waiting on the adjutant's desk. Captain Slickdick Pinhead didn't want to see h...m and no replacement for his lieutenant had arrived. The day seemed to be going from bad to worse. There was a small bit of good news. It appeared the captain would not be going out into the field. Even though he should be out in the Meat Grinder, Gavril was relieved that the untried fool wasn't.Corporal in tow, Gavril went to the quartermaster. “Medical City Mckinney,” she answered. “Where are you dad? What happened? Why aren’t you here?”He was already running to the car. Before he realized what he was doing, Larry told his daughter the truth. “She was cheating on me. I found out and left. I’ve been on a bender. I don’t even know what day it is. What did she do?”“I don’t know, Dad,” Tina said, fighting back the tears, “one of the people she works with found her in the gallery this morning. She was unconscious. The doctors haven’t told. ‘Hope you don’t mind,’ Gail answered. ‘I want you to meet her.’ I must have turned to stone in the driveway. (‘WTF!’) ‘Come on!’ she yelled. ‘I’ll explain inside.’ When Gail opened the door there was someone there to meet us. When I got a good look at her my jaw hit the ground. She looked about a hundred pounds heavier since the last time I saw her. The thunder thighs had become a walking monsoon. Her love handles had grown into twin spare tires. And her giant fun bags were now enormous maga. I subscribe to the better-safe-than-sorry school.Dammit, now I was caught in indecision. I knew that I needed to look for tripwires, but I didn't know whether to go back to my LED flashlight or to trust my goggles. I decided to turn up the gain on my goggles and go with them. I told Abi what I was doing and warned her to stay about 10 feet behind me in case I screwed up. She groaned, but agreed to do as I asked.We soon came to the living quarters, and I had to turn off the goggles for that. As.