” his courage failed him.“What?” she asked.“Never mind,” he said.“No, tell me,” she insisted.“I just wondered if maybe I could ... um ..... see you too.”“Naked?” Electricity zinged throughout her body. She hadn’t thought far enough ahead to anticipate this, but suddenly she wanted to show him.But she had the same fears and insecurities about her body that he did.“Yeah,” he said.“Okay,” she said, reluctantly. “But you have to promise not to laugh.”“I was worried you’d laugh at me,” he said.“I did. On the night of our date I had on a lace black thong with a matching bra. Before putting on my black dress I stopped to look at my self in the mirror and thought damn I look good. Finally arriving at the restaurant all you could say is damn. That night you keep saying how good I looked. Timed passed as we talked and talked. We talked about the parities, school work and other college life things. All of a sudden you asked me if I liked you in college. Feeling scared to answer I said you. After. "State your name, rank and intentions."I turned the command chair just enough to let the Naval person know that I was not worried. "My name is Kevin. I hold the rank of Captain of the Mary Ellen. The intentions are to put a request through as done by Mrs. Cork, here. We are not here to fight." What about the war?" We have been commanded not to attack you unless you actively support Colt and his bunch of pirates." I let a dangerous pause hang for a few moments. "Do you??" Heavens, no." Good.. Has a young woman named Mikela Kovaç retained you?”“I can’t answer that,” he said.I was reasonably certain that was a confirmation.“Understood. Let’s just say that I’d say to any attorney she contacted there is no merit to the suit; I can prove thatt. And, although I can’t prove it, it’s probably also related to this Scuderi character.”He nodded grimly, which WAS confirmation.“So, if Brandon retires, nothing more happens?”“That’s right. The thousand pages of research material I have stays.