I told her i was due in perth on the wednesday.she said she would send a driver to pick me up at airport ,ferry me to hotel and we would have meal lat...r and catch up.she had something on her mind but wanted to wait till i got to perth to tell me.so i was surprised when i saw this beautiful young woman with my name on her card waiting at the arrivals hall.she introduced herself as emma .just emma nothing else and said she was to drive me to the hotel.i put my bag in the merc and sat upfront with. "They boxed us in," she said. "Tiny and that stupid old witch are going to make us choose which one of us gets out. Damn it, Ben. How did you get us into this mess?"Me?"I didn't do a damned thing to get us into this mess," I countered. My voice had risen slightly. "You are intent upon making a death case out of something that clearly isn't. I'm not sure The Pickle hasn't realized that and is trying to save you from yourself."Elizabeth started to speak but I held up my hand."I am under judicial. A., this was one of those rare occasions when we were both home at the same time.It didn't take me long to realise that something was wrong. I could see that my mom had been crying, and Chris was holding her hand as if he was trying to comfort her. With dad's hasty departure in mind, things started to fall into place. I crouched down beside mom, placed my hand on her back and asked her:"What's wrong, mom? I can see that you've been crying." Oh, Peter... It's your dad. We haven't had it easy. Lovall for lunch. Instead of getting into the chow line he signaled her to follow him. They left the mess area on foot. It was not too long until they strolled together into a motor pool area. "What's this about Sergeant?" "Well Private, I wanted to show you my Humvee. This one here is assigned to me. It's lunch time so no one is around. Want to get in and see what it feels like?" "I've been in Humvees. You know that Jacob. What are you up to, little boy?' "Just get in the back and I'll show.