Instead of answering I said“Thank you”“Thank-you, For what? Asking you to go for a swim”She laughed. “For being here, for.....well for every...hing. You have been great and we are both blessed to have such a friend”“You have been pretty awesome yourself. Besides I had nothing better to do. If I could find me a man who looked after me the way you do Trina, hell I sure as hell wouldn’t be here”She laughed again. Such a pretty laugh, such a stunning woman. “I’m going to stay here with my baby but. Pamela watched Rachel squeeze his hand. Earlier, when they had arranged themselves around the table, Pamela noticed the young woman sat very close to her husband with her hand in his on top of the table.Lieutenant Paulson had arrived for the meeting at the hospital in his Navy blue uniform, decorations and bright gold wings above the breast pocket, with Rachel in a dark suit, clinging to his arm. Pamela wondered if that was because he was still recovering from his injuries, evidenced by his use. It was somebody else. She was watching, and she -- oh, this is ridiculous -- she remembered being a boy and watching girls dance. The thought faded almost immediately."Well, we weren't dancing exactly," Lori said. "Listen to the music. We were trying to do exotic dancing. You know, turn the boy on with a slow strip, like they do in the movies." Yeah," Rikki said. "Something new to do with our guys this weekend."Brenda felt her nipples begin to tingle at the thought. She felt a . Unfortunately, we only had enough cording to mark off thirty-seven rows. We’d have to reuse the cording after we finished each row.When we finished, we set up our four pavilion-style tents and ate dinner. I made a quick trip back to the main valley and asked Vidar to get a message to Mirikar and Torkelar the next time they came up to the valley. Missimo went with me while Senyo and two wolf pups stayed at our camp by the poppies. I knew that Mirikar and Torkelar brought food, lumber, and other.