Not a Eulogy

This is the second installment of the Big Popi and Li'l Freckles series. Their love for each other is stronger than ever and the violent assaults on these good people continue unabated. After a deadly attack on their jet liner, they are stranded on a desert isle in the Pacific Ocean. Popi is captured by communist rebels and sold to Yemeni terrorists. Layla starts a world-wide search for her husband enlists the aide of President. After months of brutal imprisonment, He is rescued by the US Navy and reunited with his dear Li'l Freckles who said, "Popi seemed to be in fairly good shape, I mean emotionally. Physically, he is dreamier than ever. I've always thought he is at his handsomest when he is a little beat up." Popi thought he had the gunslinger's curse, causing every hot shot wannabe to want to be the one to outdraw him. Beyond his typical dashing façade, Popi was hurting from all the killing he'd had to do in protection of Layla. He said, "They are haunting me. They aren't the spirits of the dead, but rather dream images who urge me to join them in the hell of my own making, Just as Popi was nearly recovered after months of PTSD therapy and Layla's tender support, one of their old enemies resurfaces. The sniper shot Popi eleven times as he covered Layla with his body. He was dead long before the ambulance arrived, or was he..