. erratic. It might have gone on for a while, but Ben had noticed, which is why we have problems of our own to sort out. I'd become obsessed with gett...ng even with you for imaginary slights and injustices. The day I was attacked was the day after I got your email about wanting to know if the kids were getting the stuff you sent. Whilst I didn't exactly provoke the attacker, my attitude didn't help as I seemed to have lost all empathy for the patients, which is not a good place to be for a. I enjoyed his company, I had known him since I moved here with my wife 30 years ago. I enjoyed listening to his stories of the miners strike in the 1980's, which he was involved in. In return for his advice he was getting 10% of everything I harvested, this would go a long way to feeding him during the coming winter.Theft was a constant problem. I set up a series of booby traps based on shotgun cartridges and trip wires to protect the crop and store. There were displaced people from the cities. Jamie closed Gaz's message and saw that he had received a reply already from the HMS Vengeance.Opening the message he received yet another hammer blow. The fact that Laura had just used the Vengeance as one of their hopes for the future made it worse.Highlander (or Jamie, I'm not sure which you prefer?)My heartfelt thanks for news of my crew even if the news itself was hard to deal with. I'm proud of what they managed to achieve in the short time they had. Brave men indeed. News on our return. . Your sister would havebeen four, right?" Yep, sounds right," Stuart says, a sly grin creeping across his face."And I probably could find a few pictures of her in her flower girldress, provided there was something in it for me, of course..." Krystiegiggles and leans in close to Stuart, whispering something in his earthat makes him laugh uncontrollably."Deal!" Stuart says, giving the other girl a quick squeeze as I lagbehind the two of them, my hands in my pockets. I know I shouldn't.