Summary

Lizzy has left a note for Lester asking him to stick around until she gets off work.

In the section “Nasr Wal Salam,” the smell of fresh cut grass on Lizzy’s sheets and pillows reminds Lester of the grass at Nasr Wal Salam. The platoon had stopped there to escort some reconstruction workers back to Camp Fallujah. The grass in front of the command post had been so inviting that Lester had even bent down to stick his nose in it. When Donovan had come back out of the building Lester noticed he looked like he’d just been told a funny secret by accident. When Zahn asked what was in the truck they’d be escorting Donovan had said it was a million dollars in cash. The money would be used as a bribe to get the local...