Pinbu nan avalin mulaiyai paarthu konde irunthen athu en kaiyai athil vaithu thadavi parka manam uruthiyathu.Naan vaiyitril irunthu kaiyai porumaiyaag...a konjam konjamaga nagarthi athai mulaiyil kaiyai vaithen, haaaaaaaaaa athu perithaaga irunthathu.Athai mulaiku naduvil perithaaga mulai kaambu irunthathu athai pidithu paarthen pinbu avalin kuthiyilum kaiyai vaithu thadava aasai patten. Kaiyai iru mulaiyilum vaithu nangu thadavi paarthu avalin kuthiyil kaiyai vaithu thadava aarambithen.Athai. On any given day there could be one or more aircraft carriers and support ships between the two bases. And, as each ship tied to the pier, throngs of young men ran down gangways as they sprinted to the main gate for liberty. At that time, there was a midnight curfew and town closed up at 11:45 each night. There might be as many as 10,000 or more men in town on a given night, especially if a new carrier was in.Olongapo was a city, a big city, with a hundred thousand residents or more. Some. "You know what I mean, a friendly ear to listen when you come home from school, someone to give you the occasional kiss and cuddle and to dress wounds when you inevitably fell over and hurt yourself. Clothes and toys, your favourite films and TV shows, parties and outings, holidays and Christmas. All these things most children in a normal home took for granted never happened in mine."Armstrong filled his cup up again before he continued and Anne moved her chair next to his so she could hold his. She gave him a thank you smile and left the room with her bag."I take it this is yours then?" Jennifer said to Olivia."It's mine," she said and took the bag from Jennifer. "I'll unpack. Why don't you two go catch up or whatever." We'll be in the kitchen. If you can't find it, just grab one of the girls or holler real loud," Jenn told Olivia as she and Dave turned and left the bedroom. "She seems nice enough." She is," Dave told her."So, how did this all develop? You told me she left her job..