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"Can't say that I do," Billy Joe s his attention to the brunette

"Are you sure?" Shannie asked

"He said he didn't" The brunette ran her eyes up and down Shannie disapprovingly

I gave Shannie a 'let's go' look

Shannie stood fir her eyelashes at Billy Joe Shannie said, "I don't want to be a pest…"

The brunette sighed

Shannie continued "…My brother was killed and nobody see for answers All I want are soressman," the brunette snapped "Leave us the hell alone"

Shannie turned her attention to the brunette "If it was your boyfriend instead of my brother, I'd help you"

"Fiancé," the brunette extended her hand, revealing an obnoxiously large stone on her finger

"Oh Stacy, stop it," Billy Joe said to the brunette

"Don't oh Stacy me," the brunette snapped "I waited seven months for you to come home, I'm not about to let a little hussy interfere with my happiness"

"Put yourself in her shoes," Billy Joe entreated

"Maybe she should put herself in " Shannie's coet it, Wal-Mart? Must be pure Zirconiu in the trailer park" Turning tome by the hand she stopped at the first pair of hel if they were absolutely sure that they didn't hear anything about Count's fratricide "Thanks for nothing," she roup of soldiers, their reception civil but cool None of the groups as inhospitable as the first, none of theives a fuck"

Late afternoon shadoere long e stuade Almost immediately they directed us to members of B Company "You want to ask for a Captain Mulberry," a 1st Lieutenant Meany instructed

"Thanks," Shannie answered "You wouldn't know anything about a fratricide in the Wadi-al-Batin?"

"You mean the fratricide Yeah I heard of it; everyone in 2nd heard about it," Meany said "Over and over again No one really knows the details"

"What do you know?" Shannie asked with raised eyebrows