‘Ricky’s dead?’ Maria asked I nodded ‘Yes. A wall collapsed on top of him and the victims he was rescuing. I bet his wife wasn’t busy fuckin...g someone else while he died.’ I left her with that while I went to the guest bedroom. I needed sleep. I locked the door and fell into bed. I slept thru the day and woke up again around 3am. Waking up that early isn’t all bad. I lay in bed and think about life. The way it is and the way it could have been. Those hours between 3 and when I have to get up at. I spent a lot longer admiring the young girl's fabulous body. I finally recognised her as Naomi, one of the newer members of staff in the sales department.She'd only joined our company a month or two ago straight from university. She had a fabulous body. She was from Africa, Kenya if my memory served me right. She was exceptionally beautiful and her dark slender body just demanded attention. All the time I was admiring Naomi I was fucking Abby. Abby was ignorant of anything except her pleasure. Y'all gonna turn it off." That came out 'Oaff.'About fifteen minutes flying at full speed, was just about enough time for us to shed our jammies and put on our work clothes. We left the pile of BDUs in the chopper's hold and we were ready to go for our swim. The comm check that Martinez called for was routine.I was pretty sure this was just a training exercise, but you could never tell. I remember thinking it was gonna be smooth sailing.The o-ahl re-ug came up on the port side of the chopper,. Oh, fuck!“Sore?” I said.“Don’t give me that. Sitting where you are, I know you were listening. Was it as good for you as it was for me?”“Aubrey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.” I was breaking up into tears. We failed. I got sucked into another time where I could have done something and we failed. President Lincoln was assassinated. And not only that, Kyle was there. And Miranda made him fail.“Hey. It’s all right. I think I owe you that much. Oh god! Ramie, it was so beautiful. I came a dozen.