She looked like a real Texan, tall, blonde and full-bodied. As a rule, Helen had a small preference for black women but she found this woman particula...ly attractive. Besides they were also of the same opinion on many issues. Her name was Mary-Jane. Once the meeting was over, Mary-Jane walked over to Helen to introduce herself, although everyone had done the usual “around the table” quick introductions at the beginning of the meeting.The two women liked each other immediately. “Like they say in. Your loving Wife, Amelia. The ship rolled heavily, causing the empty shallow bowl, charts and half-full mug of rum to clatter to the floor. Above, sounds of creaking wood, lashing waves and shouting seamen trampling back and forth could plainly be heard. Richard Hester, ship’s doctor aboard ‘La Bella’, fumbled at his notebook, saving it from the inkwell that threatened to tip and spill its contents over the pages. He gave a heavy sigh and shuffled in his chair, forbidden to leave his quarters. I needed to work out to clear my mind, so I waited until lights out and snuck out quick and snuck along the rear fence until I got the fitness center, which has lights on 24 hours a day for safety or whatever.I opened the door slowly so it didn’t squeak, and let it close behind me. I walked toward the weights and machines. I guess they were cleaning or messing around, because there was just a ton of weight up on the bars, like four-fifty on the bench press. I could totally bench four-fifty if I. Frank wanted to know if we were going to be up to the challenge and be able to handle it, especially with the contracts with UPS.“Then you don’t know about the FEDLX and NEDHL overnight contracts and the daily freight flights to Scranton Pa,” I replied.“No, when does that start,” Frank asked.“End of June, but don’t worry - we have extra planes and pilots coming on board to handle all of it,” I replied.“That is the only good thing about the continuous down sizing of the military; there are.