I still don’t know if she’s breastfeeding. There are 4 bottles. I hear her coming so I grab 1 and run to my hiding spot.I listen as she comes insi...e and I hear the garage door close. I take the nipple off the bottle and dip my finger in for a taste. I pray it’s not can formula. I taste it on my finger, It’s not baby formula. It is milk. I like it at body temperature from the breast. I will soon have it. I drink from the bottle and it is intoxicating to drink her sweet milk. I must have it from. " Yes, of course. I truly apologize. I had no intention of usurping your authority. I'm just not used to the new roles everyone around me has since lunchtime yesterday." Constance didn't stick her foot into her mouth very often, and was not practiced at recovery. "It's hard to believe that was a bit over twenty-four hours ago. Please, give me a chance to apologize appropriately."I have just left an interview with the captain of this ship and have some ideas that I simply have to share with. I lifted my drink and clinked it against his, taking a sip and feelingthe warmth run down my throat.We chatted and sipped our drinks, and after a while I glanced over atthe girl I met the other time. She was looking in my direction, and shepointed at me, pointed toward the ladies' room, and started headingthere herself. I excused myself from Vince, grabbed my purse and mether at the mirror."So?" she asked with a knowing smile. "Since you're back with the samehunk, I'm guessing the rest of. Even so, people wept as if their own sons had been attacked. Even before our tears had begun to dry, young men were rushing out to join the army or the navy. Poor, sweet Jonathon Perkins was among the first to enlist that day. He would loose his life to malaria on a small island in the Pacific that the local newspaper couldn’t even spell correctly in 1943. I still say a small prayer for that dear boy to this day. Another young man that joined the service in those first days was Jackson.