‘She already felt alone and then he went and just left her.’ ‘Vi…’ James began, but she didn’t let him continue. ‘He’s an asshole.’ ...Taking a deep breath, James, with even more softness in his voice, pleaded, ‘that was over ten years ago, and he was a junior in high school. Some people just can’t deal with stuff like that at an early age, and Will’s not had it so easy himself, if you’d care to talk to him sometimes…’ The look on Violet’s face was a resounding, I’ll pass, so James tried another. I joined the Army the next day. The Marine recruiters were out of the office. Didn?t want to be one of Uncle Sam?s Misguided Children anyway. Ended up a Combat Engineer, MOS 21B5P, Airborne All The Way!Met my future wife in 88 while attending my OAC. She did not care for the military life style as both of her parents were former military. Her Dad had a Silver Star from WWII in Europe and Mom (Army Nurse) had Bronze Stars from WWII and Korea. My Dad had a DFC from early days in Vietnam. We. After a .lot of soul searching, Candy decided to stay back at their old home, with Kenny and her mom. It would have been easier to relocate and start high-school with her cousins at the new house, but she could not bring herself to leave her brother, after finally having gotten together with him. What complicated matters, was that she was totally conflicted, because she wanted to stay close to RJ in the worst way. However, after discussing things with Kayla and RJ, the four teens came to the. " Yes sir. * Infinite * gratitude. * " sang Mark. "We have much to do. We'll report again shortly. Expedition out." Mark looked at eleven other people before him. As a group, they all raised their hands, including Lois. Mark shook his head. "Absolutely not! Kahoku, Mahi, thank you for volunteering. Everyone else, return to Blue Spirit immediately. Tal, you'll be the return team leader. Lois, you'll be the team's guide. Do you remember all the turns to get back to the Grotto?" Sure. Remember all.