Oru naal vanthathu en nanban ennai akka veetirku azhaithu sendru irunthaan. Naangal muthalil keezhe sendru annanai paarthu pesi vitu piragu mele sendr...om.Akka kanavar velaiku sendru irunthaar, naan veetirkul selum pozhuthu akka suma gumunu irunthaal. Aval azhagai paarthu rasithu konde iruka thondriyathu, naan ulle sendrathum vaa da endru azhaithu sofavil amarthinaal. Kuzhanthai urangi kondu irunthathu, akka nighty anithu irunthaal, aval soothu sumave sexiyaaga irukum athilum nightiyil innum. In a shuffle of feet, shedding of shoes, and almost tripping over rugs and remotes we make our entwined way to the sofa. Ben’s sofa, such familiar smells and soft spots and sagging parts. We sat there just last week, watching a black and white and eating pepperoni supreme. He was rubbing my foot in between sips of beer and bites of pizza that I fed to him. ‘Still up for tomorrow?’ he asked, squeezing my heel. ‘You know all of my excuses, so I can’t really get out of it now,’ I chuckle and watch. Em had tears in her eyes but they were tears of fury.I took the driver’s seat in Em’s Prius and headed us back to her dorm. As soon as we got there, I got Em into a shower and went to work. I called Ray Long in Chicago. He was the person best positioned to help us as far as I could tell.“Do you have any evidence we can use?” Ray asked. “I don’t recall any stop loss clause in the National Service. That’s a military thing and is normally only used during a time of active service in a military. I am not sure if I have mentioned this camp before, but it is on the Georgia and Florida border. It was a church campus, but a friend of my dad’s used it for a clinic for girls who wanted to improve their softball techniques. As campers, we would arrive on Friday morning and stay until Sunday afternoon. Friday and Saturday would be work, but Sunday was family day and the camp concluded with a softball game between two teams made up from the campers. I considered it an honor to be chosen as a.