humid, hot, when duke bourdeau landed in manila. then he drove south to a town called it was about midnight when duke arrived at this little house. sonia s family lived here. duke was exhausted. he crashed on the couch. fell into a dead sleep. and then he was dead. when police arrived, they found duque lying in a pool of his own blood. he d been shot to death. and soon, the awful news made its way to iowa. it haunts you the rest of your life. you just dream about when he calls and begging you to go someplace, and you didn t do it. it survivor skill is a real thing, isn t it? yeah. it is. it hurts.