Some nights, it felt like her little red envelopes were the only things that would get him through his stay in Vietnam. Until he received her last one.

Dear John….

How appropriate.

…I've tried to be understanding…

…you're not sounding like yourself lately…

…angry…paranoid…aggressive…

…what this war has been doing to you…

…I still care…part of me that will always love you…

…But it has to end.

She even signed it, Love Betsy.

Kreese considered tearing the letter up. But instead he folded it into its red envelope, and stuffed it in the tin with the others.