Of course, she actually loved her first Marine. As time wore on, Betty recognized that she still did.
In Subic Bay, the first week of December came and went without real significance. On Sunday, December 7, Kari, Betty, Ted, and a young Marine officer in McTagert’s battalion spent the balmy afternoon playing doubles on the base tennis courts. Later in the evening, the same group, along with a few other nurses and officers, got together for Sunday dinner at the club. After dinner, the group played a robust local version of pinochle.
That night in her quarters, Kari slept fitfully. She woke several times in a cold sweat, thinking about Mark.
In the early morning hours, when she could stand it no longer, Kari relieved her s****l stress. She thought of the first time that she and Mark had m
