David’s my DD tonight.”“Are we invited?” Kristi leaned forward and grinned at Avery. Before the bake sale, Kristi had felt nothing but good vi...bes from Avery. Right now she was looking into Leanne level hate.“I wouldn’t want to go,” Curtis shrugged, “Even if I wasn’t grounded. I can’t stand Josh and them.”“The hockey player?”“Yeah, he’s greasy,” Avery grinned, “I was roped in to looking after Gia, but with David there, I know I’ll get home safe.”Kristi caught the look Avery gave David, even if. Lester got a leg chewed up during a mortar attack. Then it was the turn of Tony Doughty and, moments later, Mark. The platoon should have been in position near the top of the hill long before sun-up. They were supposed to spend the day observing yet another suspected VC village. There was also a plan for Mark, who by now was an acting squad leader, to take his unit back down the hill and set up an ambush along a trail which led to the village. As happens, they were running late when the platoon. It might have been twisted, but I think she had a new respect for me when she found out that I could impregnate my wife, something her own man could not.I made a joke in poor taste about finding someone else to get her knocked up and then not tell her husband, she gave me a knowing look saying she had already thought about that and then she burst into tears again."Is it true you used to go out with Steve in acquisitions?" I decided to change the subject.She looked up and she had that cold face. But of course, that very explanation raises for me the question of whether I'm taking advantage of her. She say's she's not damaged and knows what she's doing, but, for all her new found confidence, if an independent person stood back and looked at the situation they'd, at the very least, have some doubts.With Emily, she's totally in control. Quietly and without fuss or even making it obvious. But in control just the same.All this time we'd been holding hands across the table as we waited for.