"Do you find me attractive?" Startled, I looked up to find her looking right into my eyes. "Yes," I replied, quietly."Do you like looking at me?" "Yes..." quietly again."You can't let Dad see you. You know that, don't you?" Yes, Mom." You took a big risk yesterday. You could have ruined everything for all of us. Don't do it again. Understand?" Yes, Mom, I understand." Good," she smiled, a big generous smile, and her eyes softened. "Look," she said, her eyes dropping to her lap. I followed her. The strange truth was that he was a better Marine after he rejected his abilities. With the distractions gone, he turned a corner. He liked leadership, loved the Marine mission and lifestyle. The Marines in turn expressed interest in him. He was promoted twice and took advantage of additional training, but not all the stresses had gone.After making sergeant, he'd gone to a short three-week Marine Martial Arts Instructors school before deployment back to Afghanistan. He'd nearly blown it when. ”“You don’t need to apologize Kyle. What I did was wrong. What I said was wrong. And I’m sorry. I don’t know what got into me. But it is so damn frustrating watching you and seeing how hurt your father is. Do you even see that?”“Let’s not go there. Not yet at least. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”“Yes you did hurt me. But Kyle ... I don’t know. This is weird and I don’t know what you are going to think of me...”“Think of you? It is I who attacked you!”“No, that is not what I’m talking about. It is. But first and last there would have been a huge difference in Jennie's attitude to the two events, had she known.She didn't. Not quite. But she got a hunch. Despite taking time to recover and splashing cold water on his face, there was something about George that made Jennie suspect what he'd been up to. 'Up to!' she thought with a naughty chuckle. 'I'll get you up again, don't you worry.'And she did. During the morning they were unpacking box after box of servers and other IT-equipment. Jennie.