He stood in the hallway, watching the doctor walking away. Tears began to well up in his eyes and he knew that he wouldn’t be able to face life with...ut her. He had never known happiness before he met her and he knew that his life would become a ritual of endless sadness without her by his side. He went back into her room and drew a chair beside her bed. He sat down, took her frail and tiny hand in his and watched in silence. He sat there for hours, looking at the face that had lit up his life. Trent whispered to me, "Jesus, are we all supposed to kiss the nurse?"I laughed. "No. Haven't you met my future sister-in-law?" Trent indicated he hadn't. I introduced Abby to Trent and Travis.We headed over to the pool for our swim tests. Will greeted us when we got there. "It's about time you guys got here. Kyle, Trent and Andy, I want you three to take your swim tests first. When you are done Andy, I want you to make out buddy tags for the staff as they finish the test. Kyle and Trent, you. The captain smacked him a few more times and sat up looking at the man's bloody form.There was shouting. Spears were brandished. Men got face to face, spitting and yelling in rage. No one paid much attention to me, and surprise is a wonderful thing. I pulled my knife and began the killing.I spun among them, turning this way and that, shifting like dust in a desert wind. They went down by twos and threes. Then, the melee erupted, and the crew laid into them. Chaos and pain. Blood and horrid. Then once at my place, he fucked my troubles away.He stayed the night and gave me a morning fuck before driving me to the station in the morning. It soon became a routine of ours that in the morning he would pick me up and take me to the station.A few weeks later he realized I worked not far from where he did, so he drove me close to work. We would visit a McDonald’s on the way and ordered coffee inside. The first day, he gave me a wink and we swiftly headed to their restrooms.We would enter.