The past year had seen him learn enough of the local dialect to exchange information with the senior police officer, whose English was on a par with D...n's Arabic. Neither force had seen anything suspicious.He shook hands with the Iraqi officer and they wished each other good fortune as they parted. Dan admired the Iraqi forces, especially the police, who took hard licks and heavy casualties sometimes but kept right in the thick of the fight.A quick check of the time and the recognition of the. I shrug, "Cool."He nods, "Yeah, I kinda feel that way too. Dad's ok. He was worried that it might be..." he stops himself, "Mom was, uh-" he makes a face. A very ugly face and I realize what he doesn't want to say."Oh. Oh, shit." Yeah."We both kinda relax and start our homework. An alarm goes off and he checks the time. "I got ta get over ta Michelle's. Wanna come with?" Sure. What you promise, anyway?" Oh, nothing. She couldn't install some software and told her I found a patch online and. Those perfect teeth surrounded by the stubble from your 5 o'clock shadow made me weak at the knees."Hello, Sir," I responded back, sending you devious looks. I'm not sure if you noticed. I was too nervous and giddy from my newly found courage that I look down at my feet immediately and rush to my seat.The class itself was nothing special. We took our final exam and I guessed on nearly every question. I tried to look seductive, yet flustered at the same time, but I probably looked like a. I know time is of the essence, but given the circumstances, ifyou want to take the night and take care of personal business, I thinkwe can handle the delay." Walt started organizing the papers back intohis file.I fell back into my chair for a moment. I hated to admit that I didn'thave much personal business to handle. The last few years had beensomething of an obsessive devotion to this case. I hadn't ever been themost social person before I'd joined the agency, and the long hours hadhelped.