We remained alert for an hour and a half until thegunfire and explosions ended. A Humvee trundled into our positionand an Air Force Lieutenant got ou... and after conferring with oursquad leader, left."OK," said the squad leader, "The hostiles have been neutralized, butwe are maintain our position until relieved."We lay there for another two hours before a platoon of Marines andseveral Stryker's and a half dozen Air Engineer's relieved us. Wereturned to the guardhouse and relaxed and rearmed. . She asked for a kiss and we shared a soft, simple kiss. She watched from the door as I got into my car and pulled out of the driveway. I headed back to campus, went up to my room and went straight to bed. I managed six hours of sleep before I had to shower and dress for church.Angie and I went to church, and as usual I felt completely at peace, at least while I was praying and listening to the hymns, prayers, and scripture readings. I approached the chalice to partake of the Eucharist and. “I’m going home,” and started to stand up. “Fine,” she said with frustration, putting her foot in my chest and shoving me back into the chair. “I had a rough day and worked out hard this morning. Start and my feet and massage my legs,” she ordered. “What the hell? And this is supposed to help me somehow? Screw that,” I told her. “You wanted a new purpose, here it is. Now shut the fuck up and do as your told!” Again, part of me wanted to leave. To tell her to go fuck herself. But I couldn’t. "There is no antidote at present for the variant of syphilis that you've contracted. I can't offer you much at all in the way of a cure. All I can offer are palliatives. It won't cure you as such, but it'll help deal with the symptoms." Well, that's fucking better than nothing," said Olive. "Just give me some of those." Well, of course," said the doctor.He tapped away on the keyboard attached to his tablet and raised his head to watch a prescription sheet being dispensed from a laser printer on.