”“I was going to come to the one that was canceled,” Nancy added. “I couldn’t come to the rescheduled one.”“Sorry about that,” I repli...ed. “I had a minor emergency I needed to deal with. It’s all resolved, but it meant I had to make a short-notice trip to Cincinnati.”“When’s the next one?”“I haven’t scheduled one. We have a lot of extra services at church during Lent, and Holy Week will be crazy because there are services every day and some days have multiple services. I think the next scheduled. You will be taking the Scout Recon platoon since I understand you have trained with them.”I nodded, “I have sir.”He nodded, “Get with your platoon sergeant. There will be an officers meeting at seventeen hundred.”He gestured and I turned and left. Golden was waiting with a corporal and grinned as she led me out, “I am in the sniper recon platoon now.”I glanced at her and smiled, “what is the gossip?”She snorted, “We are heading out on the Granger for regimental sweeps.”I nodded since I had. ”I looked around at my sister, “I’m sorry, what?”“How’s your head? You look like shit, your eyes are gonna bleed to death.”“You don’t look so fresh and eager yourself, your hair is a fucking bird’s nest. What’s going to happen today?”Indifferent to my compliment about her hair Zoë answered “Grandmam is buried, I guess we all go home. I have to be in Dallas tomorrow.”I looked around the room again then asked Zoë “Have you seen Carlene or Kendra yet?”“I saw Kendra tiptoeing down the hall to the. ?Nice looking outfit.? he says after a pause. ?Although not sure it is quite what I am looking for.? he says and nods, picking up a second outfit off the rack. ?How about trying this one on too.? he says and hands it to her, she turns to leave back towards the changing rooms, but suddenly them seem so far away. She looks around a little furtively and ducks behind one of the dress racks, changing out of the old outfit and into the new one. Once she is dressed she comes around from behind the.