"Well there hey, come in and sit down," she insisted as she waved me in from her seat behind her desk. "Boy howdy, we're all just tickled that you cho...e to take this here job, we sure are there. It includes a full medical, a dental, and a salary far beyond a typical college posting, you betcha!" Becky looked like a typical soccer mom and sounded like the people in that movie 'Fargo' and was instantly likeable.Literally swept off my feet by her joyful exuberance, I did as I was told as she. ” slight giggle and then, “why in the world did you give this all up? They treat you like a king!” She spread out her arms to take in the whole room, including the base and all the military and secret service surrounding our lodging.My smile wasn’t nearly as bright and cheerful as hers. “This all comes at a steep price.” I settled down into one of the two recliner chairs in our temporary bedroom. “I was totally in love with my girlfriend when President Dryden asked me to take a position in. ”“Uh ... yeah ... it’s just that I think I should be more formal about this because I’m asking for your daughter’s hand in marriage.”I was not trying to be intentionally cruel, but I could not help it. I laughed until I almost started crying.“Sir?” I heard.I did my best to settle myself down, especially when I caught a glare from both my girls. “I’m sorry, Dave ... I appreciate ... you asking but Michelle’s ‘hand’ is not for me to give. It is for you to win and it looks like that has already. So, what is going on with the war?” Xia asked me as she opened my shirt a little and kissed her way down my hairy chest.Yeah, we went back to wearing clothes at the moment at least. We were going through some rather hotly disputed territory, even if this was the outer fringe logistically for the ASF. Eckart and his forces were a lot stronger further south than this, but they definitely had troops of some quality in the area between Charlottesville and Waynesboro. We had learned our lesson and.