'Eunuch?' they wondered simultaneously."What is this room?" asked Janice."This is the Admiral's stateroom," said the eunuch in a squeaky voice, "I can...show you the other rooms if you wish, Highness."As he led them through the door at the far end of the stateroom he said, "The Admiral has eight rooms. His dayroom, a study, a bedroom, four women's bedrooms and a common room for the wives and concubines." No bathroom?" asked Tamsin."Each bedroom has an attached bathroom, Highness."Tamsin and. .. melted, twisted, burning, swept towards the hole in the earth ... her compassion for her fellow innocents ... they needed her!She spent days in rescue mode. It wasn't what she wanted to do but she had to. The legacy of a loving mother and dad. She was in the process of delivering another batch of wounded and maimed to a hospital in Canada when the Powers that Be showed up."We know who. We know why. We even know the delivery aircraft and crew. It's not our place to offer compassion or grace. I don’t know what to say, do, think...”“No need, no need to worry. We only got two hours, and there is so much to say,” I said. “I don’t want to talk about some chulo asshole. Okay?” She nodded, but it was a worried nod.“Did you get the pic of Kari I sent?” she said. She knew I had. I’d written her that I had. “But I guess she was just checking, talking, saying something.“Yes, and it’s the best present I ever got!” I said. “God she is beautiful. Just like you my darling,” I said. She. I was scared and started shaking. Matt held me tight and asked me what the problem was. I looked up and saw Jim and Bill telling their dates something they found funny and pointed in my direction. Then they were smirking and grinning at me. God how I hated them and now they were probably going to try and ruin my life again. I felt tears come to my eyes thinking it was all over for me when Matt said, "Honey, what's the matter? I've never seen you like this and it's worrying me." Matt, I made.