- It's neck and neck for the gin rummy tournament. People are starting to take note, too.
- Sometimes people ask to see the scoreboard to know whether Jamie or Hollister is winning. It goes back and forth.
- Most people are rooting for Jamie to win—being a lot younger and a girl means people didn't expect her to whoop a soldier's behind in cards. You go, girl.
- There are only a couple more weeks left before September, when Jamie will have to go back to school.
- One day, Hollister asks Jamie if her dad knows who he is.
- Jamie says she supposes he does, though she isn't really sure where he's going with all this.
- Rumor has it that radio operators from the first signal troop are going to be shipped out to Vietnam soon. That's him.
- He was wondering whether she could put in a good word with the Colonel for him.
- Hollister doesn't want special treatment, but then again, his mom wouldn't be able to handle if another one of her sons died in this war.
- Wait a minute… Her dad controls that? She had no idea.
- Jamie never realized her dad had the power to send someone off or keep them home.
- Even though she thinks it would be cruel to send Hollister to war (considering what happened to his brother), she knows her dad is a stickler for rules.
- Nevertheless, she decides to think about it. She wants to help Hollister out, so she promises to mull it over.