The only request would be I would have to meet theguy. I wouldn't feel safe for you, if I didn't get a feel for himbeforehand."She looked at me as if...I were crazy. Then she saw I was serious, andsaid she'd think about it. The way she said it, I was afraid it wasjust a statement to make me feel better, but that nothing would come ofit. So I let it go and went to sleep. As I expected, nothinghappened, so I forgot about it over the next few weeks.I got her call Tuesday afternoon. It was her. ”Tears caused my vision to blur. I looked over at Lenore and my eldest concubine was smiling happily. “We all do,” she said softly.“Oh gag me,” Erica said sarcastically. We looked up to see her standing in the doorway.“Erica!” Angelique said. She ran over to hug the ten-year-old.I smiled. “Erica, it’s good to see you. Have you been enjoying living here?”“The adults mope when Corsica isn’t in port,” Erica said with a smile. “But Baldwin, Carla and Sapphire are always willing to get out and run. He was growing accustomed to Russian tea, strong, black and sweet."You fight Messerschmitt?" asked a woman, in English. She was blond and pretty, perhaps in her late twenties, and wore the ribbon of the Order of the Red Star."Yes," John told her, "some 'C' and 'D' models. The 'E' hadn't arrived by the time our squadron disbanded." Ah! And you shoot one down?" No," he replied, sadly, "I didn't get the pleasure." They all laughed at that, especially after the Captain translated for the. Wanda and I hang out. She's more company than anyone right now," she puffed between breaths, "and, I have a nice toy box."Kelly recounted the details of her recent lovers. Each new person had major flaws or didn't fit emotionally or was just not quite better than nothing.She's so easy to be with. I always love running with her because we can almost get caught up in 35 minutes."Where'd you get the Jag?" Oh, I borrowed it from a friend." I'm not buying that. C'mon, girl, sounds more like a sugar.