Every time one small battle broke out, it cost money and lives. What was wrong with the world anyway? Couldn't people see Democracy was better than the Communist way? Apparently not, or there would be no one to fight for the Russians. Unless, and this was always Jim's fear, the Communist had too many Changs who could scare the people into doing what they wanted done.

He hated to waste valuable time wondering about this. He knew time was running out on him before he could cure his insanity that made him want to kill May Sue and his best friend. The head doctor told him his only hope was to find out the underlying reason why his thinking took such a destructive course.

Sometimes Jim though he was making up all this desire to kill the two people he loved. But then he remembered the pistol he hid on his side of the bed. Only last night, he pointed the loaded gun at May Sue's sleeping head. He simply could not go home again until he resolved his problem.

Whether killing May Sue and Charles Ray would cancel his insurance policy so Little Jim would not have a chance to amount to something or not, he did not know. He did know if he was in jail, he was not going to be able to pay insurance policies even as he was not going to be able to pay anymore premiums without money after this month.