"There's no hope for her?" None Cathilynn. I hate this as much as anyone, but sometimes the bestwe can do for a patient, just isn't enough. I didn't s...e any purpose inkeeping her tied to the countless pieces of equipment that no longer cando anything for her. She's free from everything except blood pressureand pain relief medications. She isn't in any pain, but is very weak.She wants to see you, so go ahead in. Alarms will go off if anythingchanges, so someone will be very near, with whatever. How I ended up with a teaching degree, I am still not sure.So, as luck or fate or hell would have it, I received a job offer at my old high school. Now, this was certainly not my first choice. Nor was it my second, third, fourth or fifth choice. I had interviewed at several schools around the state, apparently giving each one of those schools very poor impressions of myself. But my father, God curse him, being on the local school board, was able to secure an interview for me, after the. He may need some help digging himself out.”“He’ll be fine, Gunny!” Al reported, sounding worried nonetheless. “His mind was protected in a meld. Getting hit in the head physically shouldn’t stop him for more than a few minutes. It’s the hardest part of him. I should know. I’ve been dealing with his hard head since I got stranded on this rock!”Gunny Bindle breathed a sigh of relief, and murmured a silent prayer of thanks.Everyone in the platoon was aware of the running battle between the Major. Ned turned away and dropped his trousers and the sight of his tanned, muscular backside sent a sharp stab of something unfamiliar shooting through Eloise’s belly. She wanted to turn away, but she couldn’t. Her eyes were drawn to his golden body like a bee to pollen. Although she had seen the farm hands stripped to the waist before, she had never seen a man’s naked body, least of all Ned’s. As he spun to face her, completely unabashed, and tossed his clothes in her direction, curiosity.