" He got this way when he was with me!" I cried."No," Mary shook her head. "I suspect that he must have somehow tapped into something a bit different....He once told me that he was able to visit almost any place that he'd ever been when he dreams. It doesn't take him much effort." Yes. He told me that, too," I said.Mary smiled at me. "Think of the one place he went where he had never been before. It was this Colonel's office, right?"I thought about it, and nodded."Think of what such a 'trip' must. Jade was … I don’t know …”James added, “Jade was giving. I could tell she was experiencing a lot, but she was also focused on me. She seemed to really want my experience to be good.” Thomas nodded his head in agreement. Otis nodded, too. “Yes … Irene was the same.”James turned his focus on this dad, “Listen … this has to be the weirdest arrangement, right? Who could have expected something like this? But I don’t want it to end. I mean, two white women seeking a safe place from the storm. It was almost certain enemy eyes were watching. You could take it to the bank that enemy eyes watched every move by every round eye in country.Tran got the picture real good and I saw him scooting off home for safer surroundings.“Well, son, you been doing some good work for me. You ever hear tell of the CAP?”I vaguely had heard of a loose organization of Marines, Corpsmen, and ARVN who had sustained horrific casualties in the recent TET offensive. They were the first line of friendly forces. "I refilled the gas tank before heading north on I-215, then west to Manhattan Beach. We would stay there that night and I could start to make travel arrangements to fly to Boston.It was late when we got into Los Angeles, but the evening traffic wasn't as bad as rush hour. We found a hotel near the beach and checked in for the night. We had a reservation for the three of us on a non-stop to Boston leaving at 8:40am the next morning. I booked business class for the five-and-a-half hour flight..