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hospital bed with his head on a pillow there was an unmistakable toughness about him . How  would  he  take  the  news  John  wondered,  'Be  gentle'   the colonel  had  said.   How  could  he  be  gentle  and  gain  the  much needed  information  at  the  same  time?
      Six  hours  passed  before  the  Doctor  walked  in  carrying  a  tray. "Good morning Major."  He said in hushed ton es.  "I’m going to give him a shot to wake him up."
      "I’m already awake!"  Danny s aid sluggishly.  "I have been awake for hours."
       D eafening silence filled the room as the three men simply stared at each other, n one knowing quite what to say next .
      “R elax you don’t have to tell me…  I know! I know everything, ” He said.
      "I’m so very sorry."   Said  the  Docto r  as  he  gently  grabbed the injured soldiers wrist   and  began  taking  his  pulse.  "We couldn’t do anything for your wife but your son is now stable.  I can’t even begin to imagine how you must be feeling right now."
      The  Major  butted  in,   he  didn't  have  the  time  for the Doctors bedside chit  chat.  "We are trying to catch your wife’s killers Staff Sergeant, but we have little to go on."
      "Usual  story  with  you  bastards  you're  everywhere  on  a  Saturday night  when  the  lads  are down town and   trying  to  have  a  good  time.  The  first  time we  really  need  you,  you're  on  a  different  planet  aren't  you?  So where were your AMP patrols or your MP patrols?   I'll  tell  you where,  locking  up  some  poor  sod  for  walking  on  the  grass  or having  his  hands  in  his  pockets."
      " There’s no need for any of that." The Major said firmly.  "Now if you’re feeling up to it let’s try and remember what happened shall we, or I can come back later when the trail is somewhat cooler.”
      There was a nother long silence and then Danny took a deep breath.  "Alright....  Alright I’ll try..."
      "Good."
      "I...  Emm."   He cleared his throat. "I went for a run in the morning, when I got back there was nothing in the fridge and we decided to eat out."
      "And then what happened?"
      "We set off; I remember thinking how quiet everything was...  How peaceful… Anyway we, I mean ‘the kids’, decided to eat out."
      The Major skipped through his notes.  "Wait a minute, you said kids."
      "Yes Tommy and Sahra."
      "So where is Sahra then?"  The Major asked the Doctor.   "My notes only mention one child, a boy."
      The Doctor took out a pen and notebook. “Your son is here, but there’s been no mention of a girl.”
       "My  daughter  was  with  us,  she  was  on  the  back  seat.  Where the hell is my daughter...? What has happened to my Sahra?"
      The Major nervously glanced at the Doctor and then back at Danny . "I’ll  make some  phone calls  and  I'm  sure  she  will  be  able  to visit you,  if she's not in my notes the chances are she's alive and well."
      " But I thought she was dead." Danny threw back the sheets and tried to lift himself up.  If  this  officer  was unaware even  of  her  existence,  then  where  the  hell  was  she?
      The Major physically had to push him back on to the bed. “Get back into that bed Soldier! You’re not going anywhere.”
       "So getting back to before. No one followed you?"
      “No... No, just wait one second here. My  wife  is  dea d, my son is in  a hospital on a life support machine and now you’re telling me that  my  little  girl  is  missing...... “
      “We’ll find.......”
      “Dam right you’ll find her.”
      The  Major  turned  to  a  fresh  page  in  his  notebook .”Trust me I will find her… I will! But you must first tell me what happened.”
      "You find my girl.....”
      “I promise.”
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