He kept bobbing his head and shaking it back and forth, and Shay kept reprimanding him in a stern voice, even as her outbursts of laughter gave her aw...y."Elliot! Can't you wait? Oh, you're such a naughty boy!" she exclaimed, laughing some more. I didn't understand what was happening, but it looked like both of them were having fun. Shay walked right in front of Elliot, as she directed his head bobs to her white blouse. He nestled his face between her breasts and she giggled as her head. My right arm hurt something fierce and the pain only increased every time it hit the ground as I rolled down the hill. I lay at the bottom of the hill for a few minutes trying to recover my senses. All I could think about was that Murphy’s first rule of combat held true, even in 1850: “friendly fire, isn’t!”Finally, the pain in my arm got to be too much, so I rolled to my left. Using my left arm as leverage, I stood up looking at my right arm. On the outside of my right arm I found a small tear. Oh, there had been temptations now and then, like the time I almost got engaged to that handsome seminary student back before the war. When we had kissed I felt all soft and squishy inside. But then came the guilt and I couldn't go any farther. I was still curious though. Curious about these feelings that still swept over me, now and again. Curious about the heat that burned within me. Curious about what they call "the facts of life." Curious about the details. No one had ever explained to me. A.M. at nine-thirty. Heather put me in the office that's going to be mine when I start work. I sat at the desk with a three inch thick folder.Most of it was legal and technical jargon. I was reserving nothing of the assets for myself. I checked to make certain that Lori was going to remain in charge at the plant. As it turns out, not only is she named manager but her pay will be doubled and she'll receive annual bonuses! She's worth every penny of it.The engineer responsible for the patents.