Her breath. Her nose tickling mine.“Mmmmmmm,” she sighed.I wanted to get in the shower now. I wanted to see Kari fully naked. I wanted to feel her... body.My lips released and I gasped for air. Kari’s hands came up to cup her own breasts. I stumbled to the left, unlatched the shower door and got it open, then stepped up inside. A bar of soap and a stack of washcloths lay on a shelf.Clad only in my underwear, I turned on the water. Cold first. Hot. It mixed and came out as spray from above. Just. She shook her head and laughed softly. Sitting on the towel she’d thoughtfully folded and placed on her chair earlier, she was thankful the pain didn’t return. “Hello, Sir. I mean Gary.” She sent a smile. “Hello, Elaine,” he sent back. “You um, you caught me at a bad moment.” She wasn’t really going to tell him she had her plug in, was she? “Do you need some time?” he asked. “What’s happened? Are you all right?” “Yes,” she typed. “I’m fine. I’m just... I’m just getting used to a. Brother was younger than me and Mother was pregnant.When I was five Father took Sister and me to the fields outside the village. There were people there, some my age, and they weren't wearing any clothes, and some big men carrying spears. We went to a tent where there was a man who was wearing clothes and not carrying a spear. Father told Sister and me to take off our smocks. When we did he and the man started bargaining. While Father had Sister turn around I played cat's cradle with a naked. By then the Ambulance had arrived and took him away. By the time they’d arrived on site in the morning, the Army were in full control. ‘OK,’ I said. ‘I’m off to find the head honcho.’ I left the Mess and walked up the weed-strewn path towards the lorries. Before I got as far as the Parade square, another Redcap stopped me. ‘Sorry Sir,’ he said, ‘you cannot go further.’ I got out my ID and said, ‘I need to speak to the senior Officer.’ He looked at the papers and said, ‘Please wait here, sir..