Around 2:00 or 2:30 we set out on the last ninety miles of the trip. I remember our A/C was on the fritz but figured we could sweat it out till we got...to Bozeman, to have a mechanic check it out. It was a lot warmer than normal that year, so without the A/C, we were driving through the Gallatin Canyon with all four windows open. We were hot and sweaty, but as I looked at my wife with the wind blowing her hair, her sundress clinging to her still-curvy body, I was getting more and more excited. I don’t need my life to get more complicated by accepting this bullshit situation.’ Then he remembered his situation and realized it couldn’t get any more complicated. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Commander Hiwali looked down at Ilam’s body and the large brown pool of dried blood he lay in. His lieutenant watched him, waiting for his next order. Originally Hiwali and four other fighters were going to help the other four men assigned to the ambush point. Now it seemed those plans would have to be changed.. You've just laid in bed or the hammock; maybe the job is too much for a little girl like you. I should look for a real woman to help me here.'I guess I was a bit too serious looking because she looked panicked at what I said. I needed to fix it, and fast.I put on a big smile, 'But you do have some other skills I learned about yesterday and today. I'm pretty sure you're better than an old widow lady at those. I will keep you I guess.Anita smiled and threw a pillow at me laughing.'Get up. ’ I watched her walk to her car. I cracked up when she wiggled her ass, once, and looked back at me, grinning. I didn’t take no for an answer that day. I kept my grandfather busy giving estimates of trade-ins and approving sales contracts. When we closed up that night there were six empty spaces on the lot. I even sold the car I’d planned to drive to school on Monday. Millie’s pep talk stayed with me that night. I was able to read most of Hemingway’s Old Man and the Sea, and finish it on.