I was happy as hell to see Pookie, and we jabbered like school girls while I filled out my emergency data card and a few other documents. As soon as I...finished the last item on the in processing checklist, the personnel guy shuffled the pages together and put them in a folder, before addressing me again.“Okay Sarge, that’s it for me. You arrived at a good time, because I need to fill a vacancy here at group headquarters. I’m going to send you over to talk to the S-3 sergeant major to see if you. I never told you because I did not want to interfere with your attempt to find your own boundaries. If you knew that I was worried, then you would have curtailed your activities out of concern for me. You needed to find your own limits in order to reestablish yourself as an independent, functioning person. And we both needed to know if Gary's treatments were effective in helping you to establish those limits."Stepping forward to wrap her arms around his middle, Kari leaned her head on his. He wasn't very bright, but he seemed to have the mindless devotion tohis leader that every good lackey possesses. "Yeah, like that matters,"Ricky echoed with a snicker.Duck and Tommy were brothers and just sat back, making rude andinsulting comments that I chose to ignore. Zeke, the eldest of Randal'screw, thought he was extremely clever though the only thing smart abouthim was his mouth. He smirked at me, "Finders keepers, losers weepers." Give it back," I said as cold and forcefully as I. ‘It’s too short. I don’t like to show off so much cleavage either.’ At June’s look she added. ‘I’m tempted though.’ With a glass of wine in one hand and June’s encouragement she finally gave in. ‘Go take a shower. I’ll dig out a new set of underwear and fix you up.’ Brushed and flicked and straightened Susan’s long black hair gleamed, seeming once more to be alive. June appraised her friend and told her she looked good. Susan felt good too but put that down the large glasses of wine. ***.