She’s walking around topless and no one is saying anything about it.”Mike looked over at the young couple for a few seconds. The woman was very at...tractive.Pursing his lips, he said, “I’ve heard that a lot of young women are doing that. I even ran into an older woman in the grocery store who removed her shirt and left the store topless. They are thumbing their noses at the Islamic radicals.”“I’m not sure what I think about that. In a way I understand it. We really came close to losing the war. Wo chup ho gayi aur sharmane lagi. maine botal uthai aur thodi vodka apne muh m daali pr pii nhn. maine uski taraf badha. maine uske gaalon ko apni taraf badhaya aur iss baar wo khud aayi aur uske hothon par apne hoth tika diye aur apne muh se usse mein daru pilane laga. Usse iss cheez mein mazaa araha tha tabhi hum dono carpet par baith gaye mere haath uski shirt k andar chale gaya. aur doosra haath uski choot par m uski choot ko upar se hi masalne laga. uski saanse bhaari hone lagi. Tabhi. Derek would endup telling all the bigger guys how to overcome obstacles and hazards.The drill staff noticed it first of course and he was able to finishbasic training with top marks, much to his dad's surprise.His final interview with Captain Morrison of the Marines trainingprogramme gave him further cause for optimism."When I first saw you Carruthers, I thought you'd be lucky to survive afew days and you'd be going home to your Mummy's apron strings," he saidalmost sarcastically as Derek stood. Actually Roscoe was really nice and perhaps I wasn’t going to mind.“Where would you like to go next” I asked, expecting him to say back to the hotel. Instead he said “how about the casino”. I was surprised as he didn’t seem like the type. We grabbed a cab and headed down town. He was very particular. “I will sit at the roulette table. You stand behind me”. I nodded. It didn’t sound that exciting really. We entered and I bought $500 worth of chips. I liked having a credit card that I wouldn’t.