John knew that his little sister was playing truant from school. He wasn't completely nieve but it was nice that his sister wanted to spend some time with him. She was barely in double figures age wise when he left for India and now she was almost 15. He'd missed a third of her life and he felt a little guilty but deep down he knew it was the right course of action him leaving for the army. They had taken a tearaway child and turned him into a man. He'd made peace with his siblings and was now ready to move forward. 

He'd agreed to meet Kate away from the house so ma wouldn't know and was walking along the streets he'd grown up in before finding the agreed park bench and sitting down to wait on his little sister.