I am duty bound to defend you to the best of my ability within the framework of military law. I cannot win an acquittal for you against such overwhelm...ng evidence. All I can do is argue your state of mind and plead forleniency. It is possible your judges would not mete out the death penalty but would instead mete out a lesser punishment of enslavement for ten or twenty years. Then you would be formally stripped of your rank and uniform in front of the assembled soldiers and then sold naked at. "Pops said, "Come by about two or three. We'll play till nine, ten, something like that, then you can get something to eat before going to Rags. He won't really get going until one or so. But be ready, there's supposed to be a crowd there to hear you two. He's been talking you two up like you were a couple of rock stars. We'll have the recording people here first then they will be over at Rags. We told them no heavy lights so we don't get too hot and they said they would use the low light. So I walked back tomy room, putting a little sway in my hips. I tried to be obvious aboutit.Sitting in my room, thinking of another way to reveal this side to her,I could hear her moving into the hall way to clean. So I thought, maybeI'll just show her my things. I'll just tell her that way. I got mybig box of secrets from my drawer and just dumped it on my bed all outin the open for her to see. I could hear her getting closer to my room.I could tell she was curious. Don't ask me how, but. ‘That quick?’ ‘That quick.’ She answered him and smiled at me, squeezing my fingers, then turned to Lance. ‘Would you like to have a sister?’ ‘I’d love to have a sister.’ Lance jumped up and put his arms around her neck, causing her to cry again. I released her hand and just sat back with a smile, watching them interact and a warm feeling blossomed in my chest, even though my stomach was still twisting in knots. There was still the problem of how we were going to be together. He kissed her.