DUFFEL BLOG PRESENTS: Ernest Hemingway gives your weekend safety brief
Nick stood in the rain with the others to wait for the sergeant. His face was wet. It was Friday afternoon.
“Of course it starts raining just as soon as we form up,” Buckley said.
Nick nodded. He looked at the brown building in front of them. His uniform was getting damp.
“Isn’t he going to just tell us the same damn stuff he does every week?” Martinez said.
“Yeah, and I’m going to bang your wife anyway, like I do every week,” said Boyle. Some of the men laughed. The rain continued to fall.
They stood there a long time. People were coming out of the building in ones and twos and several times they thought someone walking out was their sergeant but it never was. An officer came out of the building and frowned at the sky and walked out into the rain. As he passed their formation he didn’t even look at them when they came to attention. It was a lieutenant Nick knew, a good man from S4. He looked like he just wanted to get to his car and as he walked away the formation relaxed again.
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