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When Rita came back from church, Pat was watching TV. She came in quietly, hung up her coat and went into the kitchen.

“How’d it go?”

“Pretty good. We said a Rosary and Father Ratajczak was telling us about the students across the street at College A. He said they were trying to get the kids at St. Joe’s to come into their storefront.”

“Uh huh.”

Rita sat down in her chair when the eleven o’clock news came on.

“President Nixon today announced his intention of withdrawing 150,000 American troops from Vietnam over the next year...”

Too late, she thought, it’s too late for my Rory.

What the hell are we doing over there? Pat thought. If we’re pulling out, what was it all for? Rory...

When they went to bed, he rested his hand on her hip, but she turned away from him.