It took a while for the two women to separate, dress and walk to their respective homes. -------------------------------------------------------------...---------------------------------------------------Many of the chores on the military base were done by local women since they were much cheaper to hire than the men. Most of the clerical staff, like Louise, was from France and so was the cook. Since Louise had to sleep on the base during the week, she couldn’t see Marlene but there was no lack. .. um ... I don’t know. I don’t have a lot of spare cash on me.”She smiled. “It’s cool. I don’t mind.” She removed her hand from my leg and patted the dash of her car affectionately. “It’s not like I can’t spare a little money for my new friend.”New friend? I barely knew her, and she barely knew me, yet she considered us friends? I didn’t know what to feel, but the small smile on my face made me realize that I liked the idea.“Here we go,” she said, pulling into a parking lot for a strip mall.. It gets cold here in winter and, perhaps, people headed south or couldn't handle the cold without power and didn't make it. Maybe, we ought to work over Duluth a bit more to try to figure it out."We were headed north and a little east for Duluth and seeing no signs of people. We did fly out over Lake Superior but there were no boats out on the water. We flew around the city in our usual mode, low and slow. We hoped we would attract attention and people would make an effort to let us know we. Leigh would sometimes comment lately you have acted likea different person.Most of the changes that Leigh noticed in Beth she attributed to growthand maturity. And in a weird way new Beth inspired Leigh to grow andmake changes her life. As time went on their friendship deepen. Of allthe Chi O sisters Beth felt closest to Leigh and vice versa.Thomas had given new Beth all of the memories of old Beth, and thosememories include growing up with a sister. Those memories helptremendously,.