." How much?" I asked.His voice took on a heavy edge, "Doctor Hendricks, I know this is all a bit of a shock for you so I will forgive your rudeness t...is one time, but let me make this clear, do not interrupt me again, is that clear?"All I could do was stare at him in shock."I asked you a question, Doctor Hendricks?" He growled."Yes," I answered, "Yes, it's clear."Then he was all polite and smiling again, "Very good, this is not an attempt to extort money from you doctor. My people require your. Maybe her years in drama classes were showing results in her ability to speak with different inflections. I had never seen two women so happy together after meeting only four days earlier. That evening, Janie joined us in Pam’s bedroom and we sat on the bed and talked for a long time. She wanted to know more about me, my background and the restaurants. Janie also asked Pam dozens of questions about growing up and living on the farm. Pam asked her about the transition from student to model and. "Hey Bill!" one of the men says as the others already sat down at a nearbytable and started ordering drinks."John, cool of you guys to join me here for a drink, oh by the way dudethis guy here (and he pats Adam on the shoulder), his name is Adam, methim here at the bar, he's from out of town on a business trip."John gives Adam a friendly look and they shake hands. "Welcome to the cityAdam, hey tonight you drink with us what do you say eh?"Adam smiles and nods his head at John, thinking to. Casualties were far higher than predicted and some critical patients couldn’t make it through to the triage station,” I replied.“Why didn’t you ask sub-Commander Vass for permission?”“He was busy dealing with a critical injury and I didn’t need his permission to remove a non-critical bulkhead.”“You also walked away from your post?”“No, sir. I was relieved of my duty by someone not in my chain of command but senior to me and I reported directly to sub-Commander Vass, who then placed me back on.