"I nodded as I slid off the stool and headed for my truck. I wasn't sure if I was pissed or let down. The air sure as hell was let out of my balloon i... a hurry. Only one way to find out what was going on, and that was to call her on it.As I drove home, I started to think a little better. I decided not to confront her right away. I'd wait until she called me. Lately, I'd been on the phone to her almost every second day for one thing or another. There was never a hint that she was seeing anyone. I checked the telephone recorder in the basement and there was nothing significant on it. I gathered up all of the banking and insurance records as well as other important papers. I was glad that I had Marcie's Volvo in my name. That would make things easier. Everything went into a folder under the front seat of my truck. I called work and took two weeks vacation.A few hours later, my loving wife showed up. She seemed surprised to find me at home. It was time to get things in order again. I. Kneeling in front of me he tryed to take the cloth out of my mouth but I backed away from him. "Sit still," he commanded. I tried to back up further into the corner as he walked towards me again I was so scared. He just stood there and looked at me my shirt was all torn and I could feel a bruise on my cheek from where that guy slapped me. Slowly he crouched down in front of me and said "it's alright, I won't hurt you." He leaned toward me again to remove the cloth from my mouth this time I let. Her efforts even affected the Junior and Senior classes and their efforts. They couldn't allow the Sophomore class to show them up.David had moved up quickly in the NJROTC ranks, through his efforts, grades, understanding and knowledge of everything from the basics, like Drill and Ceremony, to the more advanced subjects. He always worked to get ahead of where he was supposed to be, so that he was at first one and then, by the end of the first semester, 10 units ahead of the others who started.