I followed the object of my attention all the way to the back where the door to the largest booth was closed. As this young guy moved closer to the do...r, it opened, as if inviting him to go in. That is exactly what was going on. A naked man was standing on the broad bench in the room, peering over the door and looking out. He seemed to be surveying the clientele for prospects to invite to his private party.But it wasn’t so private. As the door opened, I could see four guys in the room. All of. "I was always closer than you think," She said truthfully, sensing thatthis was the time. "Jack, before we order, I need to tell you thatsecret." Ok." I must be honest with you. When I was younger, just a few years agoreally, I got into trouble. I hurt someone who has become like a motherto me," she began."We all have our faults." No, just listen," she interrupted. "I lied to her about a great manythings and I couldn't get out, it was like quicksand, each lie built onevery other. I lost. You only get it if you were in the war zone for more than four months. I got a funny theatre op medal, one time. It’s called the General Service Medal. I did a tour, but it was spread across three war zones. My unit spent six months consecutively in one war zone or another, so they wanted to give us a theatre medal, but we didn’t qualify for any.”“Where were you,” Moira asks“We started in the Gulf of Oman, in a support role for the Afghan War. Technically Afghanistan is landlocked, but it was. Whatever the reason I was alone for the first time in twenty-three years, even my twenty year old son had to leave right after the funeral as he was studying for his finals at University a few months on, though he did make a point of ringing me every night it was no substitute for having someone there with me.Those first few weeks were the worst, I let myself go to pot a little and it was the sight of myself one morning in the bathroom mirror that finally snapped me back to my senses, I was a.