John had spent most of the morning sorting out stuff relating to his return to camp. He knew that he would be getting locked up for some time but didn't know how long so he wanted to make sure everything was in order.

It was nice being home, so see his family and catch up with everyone but still hadn't seen his other sister. He had decided to go up into the town and have a look round. Maybe buy a few things for heading back home. The drama they had all caused had more than likely turned their mothers hair greyer than when John left for a life in uniform. Joe was married and was in the fire service, Ruth had a kid, John was on the route to marriage and Kate was the only one that hadn't damaged the family name

He had went into a nearby shop to get something sweet and was eating it walking the street. He was getting hungry. He looked up and saw a distinctive figure in the neat distance. Surely it wasn't Ruth was it? But then again she had been 14 when he left for India and 13 when he joined the army. She was a woman now, not a girl he had left behind. John continued walking before calling out "Ruth.....?"