"If they meet, Paul will hear all about the mess I got into while he was away, fighting for his country, suffering the bright streaks of terror interspersed with moments of elation and testosterone surges, forging together a sense of brotherhood which would be so inextricably tied to a time and place he would be able to set it aside when he came back, put it away, and get on with his life without much effort!"

So his gal was pallin’ around with a civvie who had some dough. Hope he showed her a good time. She’s his wife now, and if the other guy comes around he’ll push his face in, and the mug knows it.

Besides, who’s he to judge? Wife probably has no idea he was pulling threesomes in Frisco under the name Jack.