Then smoke grenades were thrown to cover the retreat. ‘Come on, Captain,’ said Navy Corpsman Cordell, dragging his Captain along. ‘Time to get o...t of here.’ One of the other soldiers came up, grabbed the Captain’s legs, and together they ran with him to the last helicopter to take off. Everyone was aboard, including the dead Green Beret, none were left behind to face dishonor and desecration at the hands of the Enemy. As the lush jungle canopy got smaller below them as they headed up and to the. " --- Penny said in a begging voice --- "Maybe, you, sir, would want to save these kidnapped girls, using ..." --- she struggled with the words --- "Lilly. I mean ... using, your slave. Your property." That's better" thought Lilly.--- "No." --- said Hank.Lilly felt sad about these kidnapped girls. Even as she knew in her heart she existed to be abused by men, she knew that not every girl did. But even more, she felt sad for them, because they would be ripped from their families. And in all the. "Too many to shoot our way out," Jeremiah added."Hush boys," Samuel instructed them. "Let me do the talkin'."He slowly advanced towards the one he thought was the leader of the band."Howdy chief!" He greeted him."Humph!" Was the Dog Soldier's only reply."We... we don' mean to barge in or nuthin'," he tried to reassure them. "We wus just passin' through," he tried to explain."Trade?" Asked the Indian."Trade," Samuel asked. "Yuh wanna trade for safe passage. Shure, shure we can do that, can't we. "Are you asleep?" Ana asked in a quiet voice. I could barely see her. I sat up to put the bedside lamp on and she told me not to. "Your father will be distracted for hours. Important men, important deals." I didn't think anything of the coldness of her voice then. It's only now remembering it as an adult do I see the warning signs for their own relationship.Of course I didn't care about it then because of what happened next. I heard fabric rustling. I heard a zipper. It wasn't pitch black, I.