”“She’s still on the Blue Ridge, but I’d say there’s a very, very good chance she’ll be assigned to the Enterprise before the year is out....But you didn’t hear that from me!”I knew he had quite a few contacts in the Defense Department, as well as with a few Senators and bunch of Congressmen, so I suspected he was speaking from inside information. And I certainly wouldn’t put it past him to lobby on Aimee’s behalf. I certainly would in his position!“Nothing would make me happier than Aimee. We have now been married for two years.Six months ago he took up skydiving and immediately fell in love with the sport. It became an obsession... he couldn't get enough of it.Apparently, he found skydiving to be the ultimate thrill... my subtle suggestion for moderation didn't seem to get thru to him.Ultimately, skydiving dominated his ever waking hour... every evening, weekends, and several times in the early morning before he went to work. Not to imply he was jumping out of a plane day and. With time, she happened to be a good sub after all.​​ I ​also told her how I ​loved knowing what she told me, and that she and her voice, her pale and pink skin, and her youth, seemed really sweet​ and fancy​ to me​.​She told me she had never had a boyfriend and that my beard made me really manly, and that my explanations sit by her side together with her ​*​dirty​*​ mind was making her crazy​ (she used​ ​ the word​ "young"​, but with time I discovered​ she meant dirty, really dirty in fact).. ..or more likely, when she needed some extra cash.When she finally called I was more than ready and she told me she was justaround the corner and for me to meet her outside a store with a black awning "La Petite Morte" . I've had a couple of years of high school French and a lifetime of experience and I don't think that store had anything to do with death...it is a store alive like no other. But I keptsilent and knowing and just took Grace's hand as we went back to my truck and drove.