I can’t wait to have a new sibling and to give Mom a grandchild. Are you okay, Daddy?”“Yes, I am and I am so proud of both of you. Now I need to...go take care of something before we go in a few days. I think while I am gone you both need to call home and let them know as this could change some things, before we get home. I hope not but you never know.”Mike left and the girls made their phone calls.Randi had to leave a message for Bill as he did not answer. She wondered why but then looked at the. Maybe we should just go ahead and get married."Millie thought for a few minutes then said, "Let's go talk to pap."I wasn't looking forward to it, but I went along. We were holding hands as we walked up to him. "Pap," Millie said when we got there. "It's awful hard being close to Jase all the time, feeling the way we do, and not being married."Caleb looked at her then grinned. That's easy to fix, girl, from now on, you can start sleeping in the wagon with me and your ma." That ain't gonna. The matter was dropped for several weeks then I came home to her saying she had found the perfect job, she had already interviewed, and the job was hers if it was ok with me. She explained that she had interviewed with the local truck stop to become a waitress and could start anytime she wanted. The hours seemed to agree so what could I say except go for it. She started the very next night humming as she walked out, as I walked in, this after a few days began to have it's a toll on both of us.. Our country was down to the 10's of millions and for a big country that was a bit of a problem. Especially now that Texas and California had become independent nations and Alaska was expected to either rejoin the Russian's or become another independent state. Our country was still healing from the mass of damage done to it, but we were not the worst hit, that would be China and Britain as well as Russia... places where populations were brought down to less than 10% of the size they were before.