I explained my travel plans, and that I would be heading to Fort Drum to join the Tenth Mountain Division. After that, though, it would be a mystery. ...y understanding was that once I got to the Tenth, I would report to something called the Replacement Company, which would process me into the system and send me where I was going. I probably wouldn’t have much say about it.I looked at Kelly, snuggling next to me on the crew seat. “By the way, what are you doing here? This is a Friday. Don’t you. Everyone seemed entranced by the music as they gyrated to the beat. Rachel seemed to have a target guy in her sights. She pointed and waved as she danced her way over to a group of guys hanging out by the DJ booth. So much for solidarity and sisterhood. I closed my eyes and let the music move me. I felt so sexy and alive, like my body was meant for this moment.A stranger danced up behind me, his hands slid around my waist. He pressed his hips against my ass and began to move with me, our bodies. . did youmean that?" Sure, I meant it, Rooney. I'm here, aren't I? What do you need? How canI help?"He tried to say something, but instead, his face dissolved as the tearsran freely again and he hugged Beth tightly to draw strength from her.For her part, Beth was very scared. Scared that she'd bitten off morethan she could chew. That she'd say the wrong thing. That she'd upset himmore. She'd never seen anyone this upset before. It was upsetting her,too."Take a breath, Rooney."He cried some more. Naked, and obviously with no money, I figured that he would just be turned loose.I put my sealed can of paint inside his slop bucket and covered it with soapy water. I carried the bucket and his mop into the headquarters building just as if I was working there. Several guards saw me, but paid no attention to me as I walked right past them. One finally stopped me, and I said I had been called to clean up a mess on the third floor. Apparently, that was not a rare happening, so the guard let me go.