I'll do it." What piece do you want?" She pointed at the ruby bracelet."I still want that bracelet first." OK. But you get it afterwards. And if you f...il, it goes back. After we clean it, of course. You wait here."She agreed. I went in and bought it, slipped it into my coat pocket and joined her back out in the street.Later that week, I set it up. I have a friend who runs a club in the next town, and he was only too glad, once I offered him $5000 for the use of his club for one night, to set it. On the way, I kept to the back roads to avoid the movement of soldiers from either side. There was still fighting and the worst of it would be the deserters who had become separated from their units as they were hungry and without morals. I briefly wondered if perhaps I could seek asylum at the seminary. I was after all rather devout and if they would make accommodation for Charles then it would be no better living conditions than serving in the manner I had been tilling the fields. However,. I stood there in disbelief as it burned, and in anguish and terror as it collapsed." He took a deep breath, fought back the tears, and continued in an obviously tortured voice, "I heard my wife's last words on my cell phone as she rode the top of that huge building down."He took another deep breath and continued in a more level tone, "I cannot describe the depth of shock and sorrow I felt. All I could think about was my two children, the one thing of real value my wife had left me. They had. In talking with Jerry there wasn’t a doubt in Joe’s mind that Jerry would accomplish that.It was a small wedding for Joe and Sara with Jerry, Brad and his family, Sara’s parents and a few friends in attendance. Sara looked beautiful in a crème colored suit with some embroidery on the jacket that she wore. Joe wore that dark blue suit of his and the indentations on the back of the suit were hardly noticeable.For the honeymoon Sara suggested they wait till the late spring and instead of going to.