Was it impossible for a young woman to have a life if she was still a teen? Was she supposed to be fucking guys left and right, getting drunk on the w...ekends and skimming off her parents? Well, she didn’t have the options. Even if she did, she wouldn’t take them. She was a virgin and intended to wait for the right one, or the closet one to him, before she even thought twice before she spread her legs. ‘I’m almost twenty. Why do you care?’ She snapped, still looking out the window. ‘You. Last year I went with an old bf I had been seeing and my husband found out, Things have been going from bad to worse since, I had been having sex with other men for many years, I can't stop even if I wanted to, it hurts to bad.This last memorial day was the first holiday my husband had a chance to participate in since 1978, his family and I had traditionalized things over the last 32 years, but the cookout was ayt my house this year, My husband set everything up, when his father showed up,. When she returned, she found Claire in the kitchen busying herself baking."Where are Jody and Laura?" asked Shanti already knowing the answer."Out for a drive," answered Claire, tears still visible in her eyes."She'll be here at eleven-thirty. I made it late so Laura and Jody would probably be in bed," said Shanti with a lifeless voice which belied her true excitement.Claire winced."I'm sorry," said the younger woman. "I know much of this is my fault..." No," Claire interrupted, "I'm getting. Living a life of uniformed service but always seeking the thrill. I knew one day this would happen and this day would eventually come. Now I'm fucking freezing here while I bake in the Afghan Sun. I hear the ringing in my ears but not from the explosions nearby. This must be the Sound of Death and I know that I'm going to die. My head lay back within my Kevlar while I’m helpless on the ground. I lost my strength to lift it up for it feels.