Why would Colonel Mackey want to see her? Her heart was beating heavily in her chest and she tried to ignore it. Everywhere she looked, she was being stared at by the clerks at their respective desks. Many of them smiled and offered her congratulations on winning the rifle competition. The late-afternoon heat made her utilities cling to her, the darker rings of sweat beneath her armpits and down the center of her back evident. After getting directions from a Marine sergeant, Cathy finally found Mackey’s office. She waited outside while the gunny sergeant announced her. What could Mackey want of her? Had she done something wrong? Why hadn’t Jim been told? Or did he know about this order for her to see Mackey? Swallowing hard, Cathy kept her eyes downcast as she turned the crumpled utility cap around and around in between her hands. “Corporal Fremont?” The gunny sergeant came to a halt in front of her. Cathy immediately rose. “Yes, Gunny?” He was grizzled looking, with silver sidewalls.
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