Hell will be rough enough for them,” Dr. Singh said loudly enough for the wounded to overhear.“The only Hell at all is on Earth, and we’re smack...dab in the middle of it. Just my take, you know. That old saying is wrong. There ARE some atheists in foxholes. Well, not literally a foxhole in my case. More like a hospital. Still, yes, we’ll be rid of ‘em soon enough. No need for torture,” I commented, just as Major Courtney Slade entered the hospital.“Listen up! I have an announcement. The Klan has. Even though Cindi had never seen Victoria in action, she somehow knew that it was not good. I did not even want to see Victoria's eyes.I twisted the jerk's arm behind his back and slammed him into the wall face first. As I pulled his gun out of his holster, I distinctly heard the sound of the slide being pulled back on an automatic pistol and the click of a safety being taken off. 'Damn, ' I thought in despair, 'I'm not going to make it in time.' I braced for the impact of a bullet as I swung. While she was putting on makeup I heard someone moving around in one of the rooms. I couldn't wait to see what happened. The girl's door opened and she headed to the bathroom, more modest than Linda in boxers and a t-shirt. She wasa most of the way to the bathroom before she realized Linda was in there. She said, "oh I had to pee" and Linda said she was done anyway. Linda got her stuff together and they chatted for a minute, the girl asked how Linda was liking the house and the town, they. Maybe a little too eager, but he seemed so boyish and excited, as though he had just discovered the best hideout in the woods or a secret stash of his dad’s Playboys.“That was pretty much our only real duo. Amanda’s husband had a fit when he got home from work the next evening and she told him what happened. Somehow they managed to get through it and a couple years later I was out on their sail boat with them for the Fourth of July fireworks. Mitchell had gone below decks to sleep about.