She had taken the day off work, for which David thanked her profusely.When he rang off we discussed tactics for the meeting."What's the best approach,...d'you think?" asked David."Well, you're the lawyer. I thought you were trained in this sort of thing." OK," said David decisively. "We could ask her what she remembered of the day and take it from there." She probably won't recognise me. If she's responsible for my beating up we need to be careful." So we give her the chance to tell us what she. She promised to bring the Gunny to the last formation before Finals, and most of her squad left.Lynne remained standing with her, and Lenore filled her in on Chief Kostowe's fall and his status."Oh my God, that's terrible," Lynne said, with mingled shock and dismay. "How the hell are you holding up, Lenore?" I guess the way I'm supposed to," Lenore answered. "I have an evolution still, and the Chief reminded me of it, that and my duty to the Student Battalion and to school."Lynne left, then,. How is he?”My mom brought us to a stop and faced me straight on.“I don’t want to get you all excited, but he’s starting to act like his old self. He really went through a lot of grieving last night. I think the worst is over, and he’s been asking about you a little.”“Me? What did he ask?”“Well, like what you were doing, and if you were mad at him for what he did. He’s having a lot of trouble keeping what Steven made him do and what he wanted to do separate, and he’s feeling guilty for all of. The neighborhood was quiet. Everyone was tired from being outside all day and were getting ready for a normal work day the next day. The water gurgled quietly and I decided a short soak before bed would sure be nice, but not if it required going upstairs to get my trunks. So with a quick look around, I took off all of my clothes and threw them on the hamper box by the front door and climbed into the water. Finally, there was some relief for all of the tension!!! I sank all of the way down.