"I'm afraid we'll have to swap sides," I said. "I don't want to lay on my right side — it stings."She giggled — was it nervousness? And shuffled o...er so I could slide into bed and face her laying on my left side.I reached out, and stroked her cheek, gently, combed her hair back with my fingers, and caressed her neat ear. She shivered. I slid my left arm under her neck and drew her to me; we kissed as I stroked her shoulder and arm — she responded by caressing my back.My hand explored her side —. Brad was the middle c***d and instead of college he went into the military(army) and officer's training school to fly helicopters, mainly Blackhawks and Apaches and also crossed trained to be a medic.During the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he flew high risk troop support(mainly tank), recon, and med-evac missions for 28 months in both theaters of operation,13 months in Afghanistan and 15 months in Iraq. As a result, at age 26 he was the youngest person to make captain since he earned. Sing me love songs.”“Really, Tony?”“Mmmhmm.” I was already ripping through a warmup sketch with just the key lines that I would base the drawing from—the curve of her hips, the position of her head, the peaks of her breasts, the extension of her hand. She smiled and then began to sing, softly and playfully.“Oklahoma, 1955, with Gloria Grahame as Ado Annie,” she said.I’m just a girl who cain’t say no,I’m in a terrible fixIt was light and whimsical. I sketched rapidly through another warmup, then. “Hey!” she greeted us, and then I saw her eyes glance at Jackie’s purchases. Susan smiled. “Jackie, have I introduced you to my boss, Susan?”“No, I don’t think so, but Maire says wonderful things about you. Anyway, Hi,” she held out her had and they shook. “Maire has been so helpful for me. She’s the best!” Big smile.Susan acknowledged the compliment and smiled at me. I added, “Jackie is an engineering student at the University. She has a delightful boyfriend, Steve, who has an account with us.