I was always told not to disturb them they had to finish an important job. I never thought anything about it when they would go into the office and my...mom said she was going to take a nap. Once a month my Dad would go out of town day on business and often he would take my mom. I would stay home and at night go over to my Grandparents’ house to sleep. One day when they were away I started to go though my moms and dads drawers looking at all my moms underwear and I also went to there closet, in. It looked like what she had to say was troubling.“Yes Ma’am. What about last night?” He asked, half sarcastically.“Last night was a test and you passed with flying colors.”“I don’t think I understand, Ma’am.”“You are a married man; aren’t you?”“Yes Ma’am. I am.”“You love your wife and you miss your wife don’t you.”“Yes Ma’am. I do.”“You have been deployed for about six months and you have at least six more months before you can go home to your wife.”The Captain nodded affirmatively, but said. Itried to speak, but Claire interrupted before I could. "Don't try to talkjust yet, remember that surprise I was mentioning? I asked the doctor toshorten your vocal cords to give you a more girlish voice. All theprocedures went great, but you need to try not to talk for the next 5days. There’s a notepad next to you if you need to tell us something" AsI breathed in, I could feel a larger mass on my chest, but I couldn'tlook down to see because of the bandages around my neck and chin.. "I'll be okay," Laura said. "Honest, I will. In a few weeks, I'll be over Pete. And then Eric and I will go home and I'll find a divorce lawyer." It's gone that far, huh?" Yes," Laura said in a trembly voice. "I don't want to be married to a man who walks out on a teenage son."She lay her head on Fred's shoulder and he absently stroked her hair."I think that's a wise decision, Sis," he said. Her body felt warm and pliant and Fred heard a tiny alarm go off in his brain."Millie's so lucky to have.