She took the seat beside Oswald. “I really don’t like that man,” Julia said. Oswald shot me a look. We knew who she was talking about. We’d just been talking about how we liked him, but you’d have to be stupid to mention that to her right now. “I like him,” Oswald said. Okay, maybe not stupid but determined to try to tick her off. Oswald actually seemed to like doing that. For that brief time they’d been together, he’d agreed with everything she said. He’d spent the last five months making up for that. “No,” Oswald said, “not just like. I really, really like him.” “I can’t believe that anybody would like him...except for you.” “Maybe not just me. What do you think, Ian?” Setup. “It’s a little early for me to make a judgment, one way or the other. I’d need more information.” I smirked at Oswald. He shot, I dodged. “Well, let me tell you more about him,” Julia said. “He’s a former sergeant in the marines.” “Former?” I asked. “I think once you’re a marine, you’re always a marine.”
