John smiled "you've nothing to apologise for doctor. Everyone around here knows me because of my past. I wasn't an angel. I left to protect my family from me."

He stared into the fire and took another drink from the glass "I left here to better myself but in away I lost part of me serving over there. I didn't care if I came home. It wasn't till I got hurt....I didn't want my family to be affected. I've been learning a trade while I was over there. The army always recruits in areas like this. People with no future or career prospects. So you were right to judge me. I earned medals thinking it would male my family proud of who I am. But I realised for the likes of Miss Danes and my family....I had to change who I was. And not be the same person. I'm looking to the future. Hopefully start my own business and lose the past"