John laughed "nice to see you too da!" And went about making them a hot drink. John was nervous about his fathers reaction but he knew he had committed and now continued. He placed his fathers drink on the table before continueing "sit, ill tell you more"

He finished his own drink and sat it at the opposite end of the table and sat down "to be honest da, I didnt know i was coming home. I was put on a ship in Egypt after I had recovered enough to move. First I knew I was given a train ticket to whitby at Portsmouth and sent North and told to report to the depot on 4 days to train new recruits, if I had known I would have written to Kate or Ma and let them know but there was no time"

He sighed "im sorry da, but I'm not the same person I was, you knew the only option I had was the army or jail and I wasn't putting it on Ma..........or you"