She didn’t know it but Max was proud as hell of himself for saying what he’d said. “Ms. Templeton, I mean that too! I mean…I mean I guess I’...ve been thinking…about that for…for a while too mam. I guess I’ve…I’ve wanted to uhhh tell you that for…for a long time now. I don’t know how long…but I guess it’s been a really long time. I know you uhhh probably don’t believe me.” Yep, she was astonished as ever to hear what he had to say. She didn’t know what to say in response to it all. At that. Life to that point was good. I spent a good portion of the day either laying on the beach or stretched out on the deck working on my tan. In three weeks time or so I was going to get discharged and I planned on filing for disability with the VA and probably go back to college back home since there were rumors that the government was about to increase the amount it paid veterans returning to college by a significant amount, but still I wondered what the hell this letter mom was sending me was. In a second, it was gone, disappeared back into the jungle. ‘Okay, something or someone is definitely here with us. What should we do?’ said another member of the group, Dan. ‘I think someone should go in there and the rest of us should stay back. What about you, John?’ Steve offered. ‘Me alone? What if they’re hostile? The only defense you’ve given me is a pocketknife!’ ‘Now, now, John. I’m sure nothing out here can hurt you too bad… Anyway, we’ll all still be here when you come back, which. The rest of the group came out fine.”“How are they getting home? Do I need to do anything from this end?”“Many of them are actually delivering some containers for the shipper in Ensenada while the rest are making their way across the border in various pickup trucks. They’re clean of weapons and such, but it would be good if they got some help at the border.”“Are they all tribal members?” the Admiral asked.“Yes Sir.”“Good, then I’ll have the border patrol use that affiliation as the key for a.