. I couldn’t have asked you to do anything better. Maybe I’m just so fucked up that I can’t tell a good thing when I’ve got it.’ ‘Bullshit...’ Keith. He didn’t want to have to acknowledge what they both knew. ‘Maybe . . . we’re just not . . . God, I hate saying this. It sounds corny.’ He took another breath. ‘Maybe we’re just not in love . . . or at least the right kind of love. I mean, I still care about you so much and I enjoyed Saturday night like you wouldn’t believe.’ Pat pulled on his hands. He was the spotter for the mortar crews, and would be sending them range and position information. One of Lieutenant Norris’s gunners was alongside of him to report for the howitzers with a telegraph key alongside. Suddenly one of the guns fired with a sharp crack. The shell landed short at the base of the embankment. A few minutes later it fired again, the shell landing near the top of the embankment. Again there was a pause before it fired again, this time the shell landed ten yards beyond. Leaving this behind for a short while won’t cause me to lose my sight of her.’ She tried to think of a way to argue with him, but knew that he had made up his mind. ‘I still don’t think that I should take it,’ was all she could say to him. ‘But you will and I will return home soon,’ he told her. ‘Now give an old man a hug and a kiss farewell.’ She did exactly that and then he was gone from her life, a new chapter had begun. Amber felt tears rimming her eyes as she remembered the last exchange. The air was cool but warming. It was going to be a scorcher today. Briefly, I debated mowing the lawn now, not waiting until this evening, and dismissed it just as fast. I had grocery shopping to do in order to stock the kitchen for my two weeks of vacation, a squeaking front step to fix, and then Saturday house cleaning; an active day to keep me busy.That was my life and I didn’t mind in the least.Coffee finished, I grabbed car keys and wallet. “Behave yourself,” I told Penny. She chuffed at.