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“Which one?”

“Just a compilation of so different for tonight’s class”

“What’s special about tonight’s class?” Alison asked

“We have T J Martinez signed up”

“The third-base player for the Yankees?”

“Yes And since he’s good friends with Nate Stern, I thought we needed tothe club owners and their friends happy was the naame

“Maybe you should have arrived earlier”

“Alison, I don’t , but you have to drop that We have thirty minutes before class starts”

“I know Sorry, I’m bitchy today”

“Why?”

“Marc is leaving for Afghanistan for another deployment”

“When?” Jen asked Marc was Alison’s brother and they were very close Alison often said that he was all she had

“Three weeks I…”

Jen went over and hugged her friend “He’ll be fine He always is And I’ll help you through it”

Alison hugged her back and then stepped away “You’re right Now tell ht”

Jen knew that Alison needed to lose herself in the et about her life for a while Jen wasn’t sure she could be as brave as Alison Having a brother as a warrior and would always be called to a battle somewhere in the world was hard She saw it on her friend’s face every tiot deployed