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Thorns in the Heart I

             "Do not say that. It was not by our fault; it came from the war,
         the

             unjust  society,  and  the  foolish  of  our  government."    Hanh-
         Phuong said.

             Thu was crying in sobbing.

             "I  had  nothing  to  choose,  because  of  Huan  and  my  children,"
         Thu said.

             Hanh-Phuong put Thu's face out of her shoulder, looked at her
         face.

             "What  did  you  just  said?  Thu..."  In  the  wonder,  Hanh-Phuong
         asked.

             Thu wiped her tears.

             "I said I married and had children,"  Thu replied.

             Hanh-Phuong wondered and ran from one to other Thus'story.

             "Your husband lets you work in the bar. Sometimes you go out
         with

             A G.I. and sleep with him. Do your husband know about that?"

             Hanh-Phuong asked.

             Thu shook her head with her sobbing.

             "No...!  Huan  does  not  know  what  I  have  done...!  If  he  does
         know, he could

             not make a difference also."

             "Why...? what happen to him?"

             "He was lost his feet, right hand and blind in the war by Viet-
         Cong

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