I won’t order it and it will be volunteers only,” Gust replied after a moment’s thought. “Real volunteers as well,” he added with a glance a... the Senior Monitor for the Division we were part of.“Of course, sir,” the Senior chuckled by way of reply. “Don’t worry. If the Troopers know sub-Commander Kiria will be leading it, you’ll have more than enough.”“Thought as much,” Gust snorted. “Your reputation for fighting your way out of trouble precedes you these days,” he added to me.“I don’t expect. "She drew her gown over her head and climbed onto my bed. I turned off the light and got into bed, facing the window.She cuddled up behind me and said, "Goodnight." Mmm-hmm," I replied, and drifted off.Presents the next morning during breakfast were great. Grampa got a bottle of his favorite whiskey, I got mostly clothes, and my parents got a gift certificate for a week's cruise to Mexico from Grampa.When Mom said his gift was too expensive to accept, he just smiled and said, "I'll not be. He was smart enough to take advantage of the rehab training programs offered, but he had yet to find something that satisfied him. Currently, he was a security guard at a shopping mall."I called Buster today," Rance told me at lunch. We had resumed our noon hour habit, but with a totally different atmosphere."He's got some time off comin', so I'm goin' to bring him up here for an interview. I'm hopin' he can do the job. I think he's got what it takes." And if he can't?" I guess I'll have to go. I saw nurses and a couple of doctors running in and out of one of the rooms.A nurse grabbed me and said, “Wait here, we are still trying to stabilize her. They are going to take her to surgery now.”I could see blood spots on the floor where she had been bleeding as they wheeled her in. I broke down. I walked by the trauma room where she had been. It looked like a battlefield trauma unit. Blood everywhere.Janice came up to me. She was still shaking. Her hands were covered in dried blood..