"Your house is even more beautiful than I remembered. And your family is wonderful."They really were. They were exactly the kind of family I always en...ied-loud, bustling, warm, happy.Shari settled down in her chair and gave me a sweet look. "Thank you. They really are wonderful. I'm very lucky." She picked up a sandwich and inspected it before taking a big bite."When is the baby due?" I looked her over. If she hadn't said she was pregnant, I never would have guessed. She definitely wasn't. I sniff the air, searching for the smell of salt that has become all too familiar. I search for my scars but cannot find them. The forest has healed my body. My mind is not shattered yet. I will return to the shore and beg the gulls to accept me. I will fly above the ocean until the sun and salt and sea consumes me like Icharus reborn. I will the feathers to sprout from my fingertips. The voice grows distant, receding on the wind. In the distance blue water sparkles through the trees. I make my. We finally arrived at the door and the back was opened. I grabbed my rifle case and jumped out while a couple of guys hauled Jack out on the gurney. The corpsman was talking to what looked to be a doctor. Then Captain M came to the back of the ambulance and ordered...Flashback – Captain M – Sgt. Reynolds' MRINow was my fucking chance. If I could prove that Sgt. Reynolds was drinking on the flight, the court-martial would automatically follow. I came to the back of the ambulance and ordered the. " We send Ma and Dad out to dinner and a show and screw in your bed?" And an excellent suggestion it is. Please check what shows are on."I doubted "our" parents would accept such a gift when it wasn't a birthday or anniversary -- not without a great deal of justifiable suspicion and inquisition. Sorry I had to let her walk alone I stood and watched her go -- her butt giving her school skirt a nice wiggle from behind -- then located an eager Mark."Kyra's waiting here for me. I'll pick her up.