’ They walked further in silence until they reached the end of the road entering their part of the lake. ‘David, hold me for a little while so I c...n lean on you and hear your heart beat.’ The road was quiet as Abbie and David clung to each other. Abbie pressed her head against his chest to hear the whoosh-whoosh of blood pumping through his heart. ‘I hear your heart beating in your chest and feel your pulse as you hole me. I’m still a shy girl, David. There is so much I want to know and feel. Steve laughed and she scrunched up her face giving a single word question, "What?"He admitted to her that being a 16 year old boy, very interested in naked women, he'd added a special surprise to the program. "If you clicked on that star and entered 'STRIP', the guards would strip her clothing off."Oh, yes. I know about that trick," said Judy. "All of the 16 year old boys in my grade about that too." Whoa!" thought Steve but then asked Judy, "You're 16?"Sheepishly, Judy looked up into his eyes. The funeral is in about an hour, and we’re just waiting for our transport.”“Oh. I am sorry. I’ll go and leave you to it. Weather permitting, may I come back next week to see you all?”“If it’ll be quick, now will be fine,” said Joe.Llew nodded. “I’ll be quick.” He looked at Patty. “I’ll have to admit I didn’t realise women served with...”“Oh I wasn’t in The Regiment with the boys,” interrupted Patty. “I was in Signals and just got myself posted to Hereford to be near my big brother,” she smiled. I checked the clock again, ‘9:28’. “Shit, I’m late!” I said to myself. I ran downstairs, got my keys and wallet and ran out the door. I opened the door to my blue, rusty Cadillac. It wasn’t much but it got me places.Jessica’s house wasn’t too far, only about a dozen blocks away. Seeing how I was already late, I took my car. Jessica’s house was a new model to the block. It was one of those high houses that look like a cathedral.I parked the car outside and walked up the stony path up to her.